Polyglot Dictionary

detective

/detekˈtiβe/

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
los detectives

Meaning

  1. detective

    • El detective resolvió el caso.

      The detective solved the case.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

détective

détective is the French word for the same thing — both mean "detective."

Portuguese

detetive

detetive is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "detective."

Practice

1 What does detective mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ resolvió el caso.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches detective?

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