callejón

/kaʝeˈxon/

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

Forms

plural
callejones

Meaning

  1. alley

    • Vive en un callejón estrecho.

      He lives in a narrow alley.

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

callejuela

callejuela is a small, narrow alley or side street; callejón is more general for an alley.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

beco

beco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "alley."

Portuguese

viela

viela is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "alley."

Practice

1 What does callejón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vive en un ___ estrecho.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches callejón?

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