Polyglot Dictionary

engranaje

/eŋɡɾaˈnaxe/

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 engranajes

Meaning

  1. gear

    • El engranaje está roto.

      The gear is broken.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

marcha

engranaje and marcha are close synonyms for a car's "gear"; marcha also separately means "march."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

engrenagem

engrenagem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gear."

Practice

1 What does engranaje mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ está roto.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches engranaje?

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