Polyglot Dictionary

chaleco

/tʃaˈleko/

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 chalecos

Meaning

  1. waistcoat, vest

    • Llevaba un chaleco negro.

      He was wearing a black waistcoat.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Weste

Weste is the German word for the same thing — both mean "waistcoat, vest."

Portuguese

colete

colete is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "waistcoat, vest."

Practice

1 What does chaleco mean?

2 Fill the gap: Llevaba un ___ negro.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chaleco?

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