Polyglot Dictionary

ola

/ˈola/

la noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las olas

Meaning

  1. wave

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

oleada

oleada is more figurative, like a wave of tourists or a wave of protests; ola is more literal, an ocean wave.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

onda

onda is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "wave."

Practice

1 What does ola mean?

2 Fill the gap: Las ___ son muy grandes hoy.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ola?

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