aliento

/aˈljento/

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 alientos

Meaning

  1. breath

    • Se quedó sin aliento.

      He was out of breath.

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

hálito

aliento is the everyday word for "breath"; hálito is more literary or poetic, or medical, related to "halitosis."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fôlego

fôlego is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "breath."

Portuguese

hálito

hálito is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "breath."

Practice

1 What does aliento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se quedó sin ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aliento?

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