montaña

/monˈtaɲa/

la noun A1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
las montañas

Meaning

  1. mountain

    • Subimos a la montaña.

      We climb the mountain.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: place. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

monte

montaña is the general word for a big mountain; monte can also mean a smaller hill or woodland, or "mount," like Mount Everest.

Similar in other languages

French

montagne

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

Portuguese

montanha

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

Practice

1 What does montaña mean?

2 Fill the gap: Subimos a la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches montaña?

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