meseta

/meˈseta/

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

Forms

plural
las mesetas

Meaning

  1. plateau

    • Vive en la meseta.

      He lives on the plateau.

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

altiplano

altiplano is more specifically a high Andean plateau; meseta is more general, "plateau."

Similar in other languages

French

plateau

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

Portuguese

planalto

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

Practice

1 What does meseta mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vive en la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches meseta?

noun

Last updated