Polyglot Dictionary

limosna

/liˈmosna/

la 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
las limosnas

Meaning

  1. alms

    • Pidió limosna.

      He begged for alms.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Almosen

Almosen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "alms."

Portuguese

esmola

esmola is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "alms."

Practice

1 What does limosna mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pidió ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches limosna?

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