Polyglot Dictionary

alquería

/alkeˈɾia/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
alquerías

Meaning

  1. farmhouse

    • Vive en una alquería.

      He lives in a farmhouse.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cortijo

alquería and cortijo both mean a traditional rural farmhouse; cortijo specifically refers to a large Andalusian farmhouse, alquería is used more generally.

Practice

1 What does alquería mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vive en una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alquería?

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