Polyglot Dictionary

descuido

/desˈkwiðo/

el noun B2

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
descuidos

Meaning

  1. oversight

    • Fue un descuido mío.

      It was my oversight.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

olvido

descuido and olvido are close synonyms for "oversight"; olvido also separately means "oblivion," forgetting.

Practice

1 What does descuido mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fue un ___ mío.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches descuido?

noun

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