Polyglot Dictionary

costilla

/kosˈtiʝa/

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
costillas

Meaning

  1. rib

    • Se rompió una costilla.

      He broke a rib.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

côte

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

Portuguese

costela

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

Practice

1 What does costilla mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se rompió una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches costilla?

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