mejillón

/mexiˈʝon/

el 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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
mejillones

Meaning

  1. mussel

    • Comimos mejillones.

      We ate mussels.

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

Similar in other languages

French

moule

moule is the French word for the same thing — both mean "mussel."

Portuguese

mexilhão

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

Practice

1 What does mejillón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comimos ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mejillón?

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