Polyglot Dictionary

horca

/ˈoɾka/

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
horcas

Meaning

  1. gallows

    • Lo llevaron a la horca.

      They took him to the gallows.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

patíbulo

horca and patíbulo are close synonyms for "gallows"; patíbulo is more formal or literary.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

forca

forca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gallows."

Portuguese

patíbulo

patíbulo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gallows."

Practice

1 What does horca mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lo llevaron a la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches horca?

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