Polyglot Dictionary

cubrecama

/kuβɾeˈkama/

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

Forms

plural
las cubrecamas

Meaning

  1. bedspread

    Built from cubre (covers (from cubrir)) + cama (bed).

    • Extendió el cubrecama sobre la cama.

      She spread the bedspread over the bed.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • cubre covers (from cubrir)
  • cama bed

Similar words

colcha

colcha and cubrecama are close synonyms for "bedspread," interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Tagesdecke

Tagesdecke is the German word for the same thing — both mean "bedspread."

Portuguese

colcha

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

Practice

1 What does cubrecama mean?

2 Fill the gap: Extendió el ___ sobre la cama.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cubrecama?

nouncompound

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