cofradía

/kofɾaˈðia/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
cofradías

Meaning

  1. brotherhood

    • Desfiló la cofradía.

      The brotherhood paraded.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

hermandad

cofradía and hermandad are close synonyms for a religious "brotherhood," a confraternity, interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

confraria

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

Portuguese

irmandade

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

Practice

1 What does cofradía mean?

2 Fill the gap: Desfiló la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cofradía?

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