Polyglot Dictionary

apología

/apoloˈxia/

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
apologías

Meaning

  1. apology, defence

    • Hizo una apología del arte.

      He made a defence of art.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

disculpa

False-friend warning: Spanish apología means "defence, justification" (like defending an idea), not "sorry" like the English word "apology"; disculpa is the word for a real apology.

Practice

1 What does apología mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hizo una ___ del arte.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches apología?

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