Polyglot Dictionary

fisura

/fiˈsuɾa/

la 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

Forms

plural
las fisuras

Meaning

  1. crack

    • Hay una fisura en el muro.

      There's a crack in the wall.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

rendija

rendija specifically means a narrow gap or slit, like a crack under a door; fisura is more about a structural crack or fissure, in a wall or a bone.

grieta

grieta is the more common, everyday word for "crack," in a wall or the ground; fisura is more technical or medical, and can also figuratively mean a rift in a relationship.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

trinca

trinca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "crack."

Practice

1 What does fisura mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hay una ___ en el muro.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fisura?

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