Polyglot Dictionary

aguijón

/aɣiˈxon/

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
aguijones

Meaning

  1. sting

    • La abeja clavó el aguijón.

      The bee drove in its sting.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ferrão

ferrão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "sting."

Portuguese

picada

picada is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "sting."

Practice

1 What does aguijón mean?

2 Fill the gap: La abeja clavó el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aguijón?

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