Polyglot Dictionary

piojo

/ˈpjoxo/

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 piojos

Meaning

  1. louse

    • Los niños tenían piojos.

      The children had lice.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Laus

Laus is the German word for the same thing — both mean "louse."

Portuguese

piolho

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

Practice

1 What does piojo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Los niños tenían ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches piojo?

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