Polyglot Dictionary

fonda

/ˈfonda/

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 fondas

Meaning

  1. inn

    • Comimos en una fonda.

      We ate at an inn.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

posada

fonda and posada are close synonyms for "inn," largely interchangeable.

hostería

hostería often implies a nicer, more upscale or touristic inn; fonda is a more general, humbler inn.

Similar in other languages

English

lodge

Close — an inn relates to a lodge.

Practice

1 What does fonda mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comimos en una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fonda?

noun

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