Polyglot Dictionary

alumno

/aˈlumno/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los alumnos

Meaning

  1. pupil, student

    • Los alumnos hacen los deberes.

      The pupils do their homework.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

estudiante

Alumno and estudiante both mean a person who studies, largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

élève

élève is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pupil, student."

Portuguese

aluno

aluno is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pupil, student."

Practice

1 What does alumno mean?

2 Fill the gap: Los ___ hacen los deberes.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alumno?

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