cine

/ˈsine/

el noun A1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los cines

Meaning

  1. cinema

    • Vamos al cine esta noche.

      We're going to the cinema tonight.

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

película

Worth distinguishing: cine is the cinema (place/medium); película is the film itself.

Similar in other languages

French

cinéma

cinéma is the French word for the same thing — both mean "cinema."

Portuguese

cinema

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

Practice

1 What does cine mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vamos al ___ esta noche.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cine?

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