Polyglot Dictionary

crimen

/ˈkɾimen/

el noun B1

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
crímenes

Meaning

  1. crime

    • Resolvieron el crimen.

      They solved the crime.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

delincuencia

crimen specifically refers to a serious crime, like murder, a felony; delincuencia is the more general word for "crime, criminality," including petty crime.

Similar in other languages

French

crime

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

Portuguese

crime

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

Practice

1 What does crimen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Resolvieron el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches crimen?

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