cuentagotas

/kwentaˈɣotas/

el 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
los cuentagotas

Meaning

  1. dropper

    Built from cuenta (counts (from contar)) + gotas (drops).

    • Echa el líquido con un cuentagotas.

      Add the liquid with a dropper.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • cuenta counts (from contar)
  • gotas drops

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

conta-gotas

conta-gotas is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dropper."

Practice

1 What does cuentagotas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Echa el líquido con un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cuentagotas?

nouncompound

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