Polyglot Dictionary

pedestal

/peðesˈtal/

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

Forms

plural
los pedestales

Meaning

  1. pedestal

    • La estatua está en un pedestal.

      The statue is on a pedestal.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

peana

peana is more for a statue or saint's base; pedestal is more general — both mean "pedestal."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

pedestal

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

Practice

1 What does pedestal mean?

2 Fill the gap: La estatua está en un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pedestal?

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