Polyglot Dictionary

palanca

/paˈlaŋka/

la 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
las palancas

Meaning

  1. lever

    • Tira de la palanca.

      Pull the lever.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Hebel

Hebel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "lever."

Portuguese

alavanca

alavanca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lever."

Practice

1 What does palanca mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tira de la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches palanca?

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