Polyglot Dictionary

pasamontañas

/pasamonˈtaɲas/

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 pasamontañas

Meaning

  1. balaclava

    Built from pasa (passes over (from pasar)) + montañas (mountains).

    • Se puso el pasamontañas por el frío.

      He put on the balaclava because of the cold.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • pasa passes over (from pasar)
  • montañas mountains

Practice

1 What does pasamontañas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se puso el ___ por el frío.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pasamontañas?

nouncompound

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