Polyglot Dictionary

cerro

/ˈsero/

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
los cerros

Meaning

  1. hill

    • Subimos al cerro al atardecer.

      We climbed the hill at sunset.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

colina

cerro and colina are close synonyms for "hill," largely interchangeable; cerro maybe implies a bit more rugged or rocky terrain.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

colina

colina is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hill."

Portuguese

morro

morro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hill."

Practice

1 What does cerro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Subimos al ___ al atardecer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cerro?

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