cementerio

/semenˈteɾjo/

el noun B1

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
los cementerios

Meaning

  1. cemetery

    • Visitamos el cementerio.

      We visit the cemetery.

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

Similar words

camposanto

camposanto is a more literary or religious term for "cemetery," holy ground; cementerio is the standard, everyday word.

Similar in other languages

German

Friedhof

Friedhof is the German word for the same thing — both mean "cemetery."

Portuguese

cemitério

cemitério is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "cemetery."

Practice

1 What does cementerio mean?

2 Fill the gap: Visitamos el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cementerio?

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