empaque

/emˈpake/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
empaques

Meaning

  1. packaging

    • El empaque es reciclable.

      The packaging is recyclable.

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

embalaje

embalaje and empaque are close synonyms for "packaging"; empaque is more common in Latin America.

Similar in other languages

French

emballage

emballage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "packaging."

Portuguese

embalagem

embalagem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "packaging."

Practice

1 What does empaque mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ es reciclable.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches empaque?

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