Polyglot Dictionary

farola

/faˈɾola/

la 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
farolas

Meaning

  1. street lamp

    • La farola parpadeaba.

      The street lamp flickered.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

farol

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 farola mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ parpadeaba.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches farola?

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