Polyglot Dictionary

madriguera

/maðɾiˈɣeɾa/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las madrigueras

Meaning

  1. burrow

    • El conejo entró en su madriguera.

      The rabbit went into its burrow.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

túnel

Close — a burrow is often tunnel-shaped.

Similar in other languages

French

terrier

terrier is the French word for the same thing — both mean "burrow."

Portuguese

toca

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

Practice

1 What does madriguera mean?

2 Fill the gap: El conejo entró en su ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches madriguera?

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