hortaliza

/oɾtaˈlisa/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
las hortalizas

Meaning

  1. vegetable

    • Cultivan hortalizas.

      They grow vegetables.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

verdura

hortaliza is more of a crop or produce term, vegetables as grown; verdura is the everyday culinary term.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

legume

legume is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "vegetable."

Portuguese

vegetal

vegetal is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "vegetable."

Practice

1 What does hortaliza mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cultivan ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hortaliza?

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