ahorro

/aˈoro/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los ahorros

Meaning

  1. saving

    • Tengo unos ahorros en el banco.

      I have some savings in the bank.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

economía

Ahorro is a saving, the act of not spending; economía can also mean thriftiness ("hacer economía," to economize) beyond its primary sense of "economy."

Similar in other languages

German

Ersparnis

Ersparnis is the German word for the same thing — both mean "saving."

Practice

1 What does ahorro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tengo unos ___ en el banco.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ahorro?

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