Polyglot Dictionary

acontecimiento

/akonteˈsimjento/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los acontecimientos

Meaning

  1. event

    • Fue un acontecimiento histórico.

      It was a historic event.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

evento

acontecimiento often implies a significant, noteworthy happening, like a historic event; evento is more neutral and general, used for any scheduled event.

Similar in other languages

German

Veranstaltung

Veranstaltung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "event."

Portuguese

evento

evento is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "event."

Practice

1 What does acontecimiento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fue un ___ histórico.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches acontecimiento?

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