Polyglot Dictionary

marcha

/ˈmaɾtʃa/

la noun B1

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 marchas

Meaning

  1. march, gear

    • Pusieron el coche en marcha.

      They started the car.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

engranaje

engranaje and marcha are close synonyms for a car's "gear"; marcha also separately means "march."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

marcha

marcha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "march, gear."

Practice

1 What does marcha mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pusieron el coche en ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches marcha?

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