pasaplatos

/pasaˈplatos/

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

Forms

plural
los pasaplatos

Meaning

  1. serving hatch

    Built from pasa (passes (from pasar)) + platos (dishes).

    • Dejó los platos en el pasaplatos.

      He left the dishes at the serving hatch.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • pasa passes (from pasar)
  • platos dishes

Practice

1 What does pasaplatos mean?

2 Fill the gap: Dejó los platos en el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pasaplatos?

nouncompound

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