Polyglot Dictionary

idioma

/iˈðjoma/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los idiomas

Meaning

  1. language

    • Hablo tres idiomas.

      I speak three languages.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

lenguaje

lenguaje is more general, language as a communication system, and can be figurative, like body language; idioma is more specifically a spoken language, like French or Spanish.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

idioma

idioma is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "language."

Portuguese

linguagem

linguagem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "language."

Practice

1 What does idioma mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hablo tres ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches idioma?

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