Polyglot Dictionary

esmoquin

/esˈmokin/

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 esmoquines

Meaning

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

    • Llevaba un esmoquin negro en la boda.

      He wore a black tuxedo at the wedding.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

A loanword adapted from English "smoking jacket," now the standard Spanish word for a man's formal black-tie jacket — unrelated to the verb "fumar" (to smoke).

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Llevaba un ___ negro en la boda.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches esmoquin?

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