dehesa

/deˈesa/

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
dehesas

Meaning

  1. pasture

    • Las vacas pastan en la dehesa.

      Cows graze in the pasture.

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

pasto

dehesa and pasto are close synonyms for "pasture"; pasto also separately means "grass," more generally.

Similar in other languages

French

pâturage

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

Portuguese

pastagem

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

Practice

1 What does dehesa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Las vacas pastan en la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dehesa?

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