Polyglot Dictionary

alcancía

/alkanˈsia/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Financial Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
alcancías

Meaning

  1. piggy bank

    • Rompió la alcancía.

      He broke the piggy bank.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

hucha

hucha is more common in Spain; alcancía is more common in Latin America — a regional variation, both meaning "piggy bank."

Practice

1 What does alcancía mean?

2 Fill the gap: Rompió la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alcancía?

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