Polyglot Dictionary

buque

/ˈbuke/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
buques

Meaning

  1. ship

    • El buque zarpó.

      The ship set sail.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

barco

buque is more formal, a large vessel; barco is more general, "boat, ship."

Similar in other languages

French

navire

navire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ship."

Portuguese

navio

navio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ship."

Practice

1 What does buque mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ zarpó.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches buque?

noun

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