batuta

/baˈtuta/

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

Forms

plural
batutas

Meaning

  1. baton

    • El director alzó la batuta.

      The conductor raised the baton.

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

porra

Worth distinguishing: porra is a truncheon, a police weapon; batuta is a baton, also used for conducting.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

varinha

Close — a baton relates to a wand.

Practice

1 What does batuta mean?

2 Fill the gap: El director alzó la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches batuta?

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