Polyglot Dictionary

hojuela

/oˈxwela/

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
hojuelas

Meaning

  1. flake

    • Comió hojuelas de maíz.

      He ate corn flakes.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

copo

copo is the standard word for "flake," like a snowflake or a cereal flake; hojuela is more like a thin, leaf-shaped flake, like a fried pastry in some countries.

Similar in other languages

German

Flocke

Flocke is the German word for the same thing — both mean "flake."

Practice

1 What does hojuela mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comió ___ de maíz.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hojuela?

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