Polyglot Dictionary

occidente

/oksiˈðente/

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

Meaning

  1. the West

    • Vive en Occidente.

      He lives in the West.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

poniente

poniente is more poetic or literal, where the sun sets; occidente is more geopolitical, the Western world or civilization.

oeste

oeste is the standard compass direction word; occidente is a more geopolitical or cultural concept, "the West" as Western civilization.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ocidente

ocidente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "the West."

Practice

1 What does occidente mean?

2 Fill the gap: Vive en ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches occidente?

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