lecho

/ˈletʃo/

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 lechos

Meaning

  1. bed

    • El río tiene un lecho de piedra.

      The river has a stone bed.

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

cama

lecho is a literary or poetic word for "bed," also used for a riverbed; cama is the everyday word.

Similar in other languages

French

lit

lit is the French word for the same thing — both mean "bed."

Portuguese

cama

cama is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "bed."

Practice

1 What does lecho mean?

2 Fill the gap: El río tiene un ___ de piedra.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lecho?

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