Polyglot Dictionary

grifo

/ˈɡɾifo/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los grifos

Meaning

  1. tap

    • Cierra el grifo.

      Turn off the tap.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

hidrante

Worth distinguishing: hidrante is a hydrant, for emergency/outdoor use; grifo is the general word for a tap.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

torneira

torneira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "tap."

Practice

1 What does grifo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cierra el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches grifo?

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