Polyglot Dictionary

lobby

/ˈloβi/

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
los lobbyes

Meaning

  1. lobby

    • El lobby presionó al gobierno.

      The lobby pressured the government.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vestíbulo

lobby is the English loanword, used for a hotel lobby or a political lobby; vestíbulo is the native Spanish term, and lacks the political-lobbying sense.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

lobby

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

Portuguese

saguão

saguão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lobby."

Practice

1 What does lobby mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ presionó al gobierno.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lobby?

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