fermento

/feɾˈmento/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
fermentos

Meaning

  1. ferment

    • El fermento hace subir la masa.

      The ferment makes the dough rise.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

agitación

Close — fermento figuratively means "a state of agitation/unrest," like English "ferment" (a country in ferment).

Similar in other languages

German

Unruhe

Close, figuratively — unrest relates to social "ferment" (turmoil).

Portuguese

fermentação

Close — a ferment relates to fermentation.

Practice

1 What does fermento mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ hace subir la masa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fermento?

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