Polyglot Dictionary

ciempiés

/sjemˈpjes/

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 ciempiés

Meaning

  1. centipede

    Built from cien (hundred) + pies (feet).

    • Un ciempiés cruzó el suelo.

      A centipede crossed the floor.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • cien hundred
  • pies feet

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

centopeia

centopeia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "centipede."

Portuguese

lacraia

lacraia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "centipede."

Practice

1 What does ciempiés mean?

2 Fill the gap: Un ___ cruzó el suelo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ciempiés?

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