azote

/aˈsote/

el 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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los azotes

Meaning

  1. whip

    • Recibió un azote.

      He received a lash.

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

látigo

azote can mean a whip or lash, the act of whipping, or figuratively a scourge, like a plague; látigo is the physical whip or lash tool itself.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

chicote

chicote is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "whip."

Practice

1 What does azote mean?

2 Fill the gap: Recibió un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches azote?

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