incendio

/inˈsendjo/

el noun B1

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
los incendios

Meaning

  1. fire

    • El incendio destruyó el bosque.

      The fire destroyed the forest.

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

Similar words

fuego

fuego is more general or positive, like a campfire or cooking fire; incendio specifically means a destructive fire, like a house fire or wildfire.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fogo

fogo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fire."

Portuguese

incêndio

incêndio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fire."

Practice

1 What does incendio mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ destruyó el bosque.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches incendio?

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