bocanada

/bokaˈnaða/

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
las bocanadas

Meaning

  1. puff, mouthful

    Built from boca (mouth) + -nada (-ful (suffix)).

    • Soltó una bocanada de humo.

      He blew out a puff of smoke.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • boca mouth
  • -nada -ful (suffix)

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

effluve

Close — a puff, mouthful relates to a whiff, exhalation.

Practice

1 What does bocanada mean?

2 Fill the gap: Soltó una ___ de humo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bocanada?

nouncompound

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