Polyglot Dictionary

perdón

/peɾˈðon/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
perdones

Meaning

  1. forgiveness

    • Te pido perdón.

      I ask for your forgiveness.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

indulto

Worth distinguishing: indulto is a pardon, often legal/official; perdón is forgiveness, more personal.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

perdão

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

Practice

1 What does perdón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Te pido ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches perdón?

noun

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