Polyglot Dictionary

cordillera

/koɾðiˈʝeɾa/

la 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
las cordilleras

Meaning

  1. mountain range

    • La cordillera es muy alta.

      The mountain range is very high.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

sierra

cordillera and sierra are close synonyms for "mountain range"; sierra also separately means "saw," the tool, an unrelated meaning.

Similar in other languages

French

chaîne de montagnes

chaîne de montagnes is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mountain range."

Practice

1 What does cordillera mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ es muy alta.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cordillera?

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