oriente

/oˈɾjente/

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

Meaning

  1. the East

    • Viajó a Oriente.

      He travelled to the East.

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

este

este is the everyday, general word for "east," the compass direction; oriente is more literary or geopolitical, "the Orient," the East as a region or cultural concept.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

oriente

oriente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "the East."

Practice

1 What does oriente mean?

2 Fill the gap: Viajó a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches oriente?

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