Polyglot Dictionary

destierro

/desˈtjero/

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

Forms

plural
los destierros

Meaning

  1. exile

    • Vivió en el destierro.

      He lived in exile.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

exilio

destierro and exilio are close synonyms for "exile"; destierro is slightly more literary or historical.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

exílio

exílio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "exile."

Practice

1 What does destierro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vivió en el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches destierro?

noun

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