injerto

/iŋˈxeɾto/

el 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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los injertos

Meaning

  1. graft

    • Hicieron un injerto de piel.

      They did a skin graft.

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

trasplante

Worth distinguishing: injerto is a graft, often skin or plant tissue; trasplante is a transplant, often organs.

Similar in other languages

English

bribery

Close, figuratively — "graft" (corrupt profit) relates to bribery.

English

transplant

Close — a graft relates to a transplant.

Practice

1 What does injerto mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hicieron un ___ de piel.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches injerto?

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