Polyglot Dictionary

cueva

/ˈkweβa/

la 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
las cuevas

Meaning

  1. cave

    • Exploramos una cueva.

      We explored a cave.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gruta

gruta often implies a more scenic or decorative cave, a grotto; cueva is the general word for "cave."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

caverna

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

Portuguese

gruta

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

Practice

1 What does cueva mean?

2 Fill the gap: Exploramos una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cueva?

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