Polyglot Dictionary

hollín

/oˈʝin/

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

Meaning

  1. soot

    • La chimenea está llena de hollín.

      The chimney is full of soot.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fuligem

fuligem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "soot."

Practice

1 What does hollín mean?

2 Fill the gap: La chimenea está llena de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hollín?

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