Polyglot Dictionary

pestillo

/pesˈtiʝo/

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 pestillos

Meaning

  1. bolt

    • Echó el pestillo.

      He drew the bolt.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cerrojo

cerrojo and pestillo are close synonyms for a "bolt, latch" on a door, interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

boulon

boulon is the French word for the same thing — both mean "bolt."

Portuguese

ferrolho

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

Practice

1 What does pestillo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Echó el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pestillo?

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