Polyglot Dictionary

achaque

/aˈtʃake/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
achaques

Meaning

  1. ailment

    • Tiene los achaques de la edad.

      He has the ailments of age.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

dolencia

achaque is a minor, often age-related ailment or complaint, like the aches and pains of old age; dolencia is more general, referring to any ailment or illness.

Practice

1 What does achaque mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tiene los ___ de la edad.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches achaque?

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