Polyglot Dictionary

hito

/ˈito/

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

Forms

plural
los hitos

Meaning

  1. milestone

    • Es un hito histórico.

      It's a historic milestone.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mojón

mojón is more literally a boundary or marker stone; hito is more often used figuratively, like a milestone achievement.

Similar in other languages

French

jalon

jalon is the French word for the same thing — both mean "milestone."

Practice

1 What does hito mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es un ___ histórico.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hito?

noun

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