Polyglot Dictionary

partera

/paɾˈteɾa/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las parteras

Meaning

  1. midwife

    • La partera ayudó al bebé.

      The midwife helped the baby.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

comadrona

comadrona and partera are close synonyms for "midwife," interchangeable regionally.

Similar in other languages

French

sage-femme

sage-femme is the French word for the same thing — both mean "midwife."

Portuguese

parteira

parteira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "midwife."

Practice

1 What does partera mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ ayudó al bebé.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches partera?

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