deriva

/deˈɾiβa/

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
derivas

Meaning

  1. drift

    • El barco iba a la deriva.

      The boat drifted.

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

Similar in other languages

French

dérive

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

Practice

1 What does deriva mean?

2 Fill the gap: El barco iba a la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches deriva?

noun

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