Polyglot Dictionary

huérfano

/ˈweɾfano/

el 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

Forms

plural
huérfanos

Meaning

  1. orphan

    • El huérfano fue adoptado.

      The orphan was adopted.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

orphelin

orphelin is the French word for the same thing — both mean "orphan."

Portuguese

órfão

órfão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "orphan."

Practice

1 What does huérfano mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ fue adoptado.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches huérfano?

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