Polyglot Dictionary

coartada

/koaɾˈtaða/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las coartadas

Meaning

  1. alibi

    • Tiene una coartada sólida.

      He has a solid alibi.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

excusa

Worth distinguishing: excusa is a general justification; coartada is specifically an alibi, a legal defense of one's location during a crime.

Similar in other languages

French

alibi

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

Practice

1 What does coartada mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tiene una ___ sólida.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches coartada?

noun

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