Polyglot Dictionary

entorno

/enˈtoɾno/

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 entornos

Meaning

  1. environment

    • Vive en un entorno tranquilo.

      He lives in a quiet environment.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

medioambiente

medioambiente specifically means "the environment" in the ecological sense, nature and pollution; entorno is more general, "surroundings," like a work or social environment.

Similar in other languages

French

environnement

environnement is the French word for the same thing — both mean "environment."

Portuguese

ambiente

ambiente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "environment."

Practice

1 What does entorno mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vive en un ___ tranquilo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches entorno?

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