buscapersonas

/buskapeɾˈsonas/

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 buscapersonas

Meaning

  1. pager

    Built from busca (looks for (from buscar)) + personas (people).

    • El médico llevaba un buscapersonas.

      The doctor carried a pager.

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

  • busca looks for (from buscar)
  • personas people

Practice

1 What does buscapersonas mean?

2 Fill the gap: El médico llevaba un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches buscapersonas?

nouncompound

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