Polyglot Dictionary

farol

/faˈɾol/

el noun B1

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
faroles

Meaning

  1. street lamp

    • El farol iluminaba la calle.

      The lamp lit the street.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

farola

farola is typically the tall street lamp post; farol can also mean a hand-held lantern or, colloquially, "a bluff" in cards — both mean "street lamp."

Similar in other languages

German

Straßenlaterne

Straßenlaterne is the German word for the same thing — both mean "street lamp."

Practice

1 What does farol mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ iluminaba la calle.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches farol?

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