Polyglot Dictionary

mortero

/moɾˈteɾo/

el 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
los morteros

Meaning

  1. mortar

    • Machacó el ajo en el mortero.

      He crushed the garlic in the mortar.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

argamassa

argamassa is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mortar."

Portuguese

pilão

pilão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "mortar."

Practice

1 What does mortero mean?

2 Fill the gap: Machacó el ajo en el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mortero?

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