Polyglot Dictionary

leño

/ˈleɲo/

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

Forms

plural
leños

Meaning

  1. log

    • Echó un leño al fuego.

      He threw a log on the fire.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tronco

leño and tronco are close synonyms for "log"; tronco also separately means "trunk," of a tree or body.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

tora

tora is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "log."

Practice

1 What does leño mean?

2 Fill the gap: Echó un ___ al fuego.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches leño?

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