Polyglot Dictionary

parachoques

/paɾaˈtʃokes/

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 parachoques

Meaning

  1. bumper

    Built from para (stops (from parar)) + choques (collisions).

    • El parachoques quedó abollado.

      The bumper was dented.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • para stops (from parar)
  • choques collisions

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

pare-chocs

pare-chocs is the French word for the same thing — both mean "bumper."

Portuguese

pára-choque

pára-choque is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "bumper."

Practice

1 What does parachoques mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ quedó abollado.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches parachoques?

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