crecida

/kɾeˈsiða/

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
crecidas

Meaning

  1. flood

    • Hubo una crecida del río.

      The river flooded.

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

riada

crecida and riada are close synonyms for a "flood, flash flood," of a river, interchangeable.

inundación

crecida specifically refers to a river rising or swelling; inundación is the more general word for "flood," any flooding.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

inundação

inundação is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "flood."

Practice

1 What does crecida mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo una ___ del río.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches crecida?

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