enfermería

/emfeɾmeˈɾia/

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

Forms

plural
las enfermerías

Meaning

  1. infirmary

    • El niño fue a la enfermería.

      The boy went to the infirmary.

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

hospital

Enfermería is a small infirmary; hospital is the general, larger word.

Similar in other languages

English

hospital

Close — an infirmary relates to a hospital.

Practice

1 What does enfermería mean?

2 Fill the gap: El niño fue a la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches enfermería?

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