Polyglot Dictionary

escombros

/esˈkombɾos/

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

Meaning

  1. rubble

    • Retiraron los escombros.

      They removed the rubble.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Schutt

Schutt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "rubble."

German

Trümmer

Trümmer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "rubble."

Portuguese

entulho

entulho is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "rubble."

Practice

1 What does escombros mean?

2 Fill the gap: Retiraron los ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches escombros?

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