comezón

/komeˈson/

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
comezones

Meaning

  1. itch

    • Siento comezón.

      I feel an itch.

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

picor

comezón and picor are close synonyms for "itch"; picor is more common, while comezón can also figuratively mean an urge to do something.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

coceira

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

Practice

1 What does comezón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Siento ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches comezón?

noun

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