porción

/poɾˈsjon/

la 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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
porciones

Meaning

  1. portion

    • Comió una porción de tarta.

      He ate a slice of cake.

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

Similar words

ración

ración is more standardized or measured, a serving size, like a restaurant portion; porción is more general or casual, a piece or part of something.

Similar in other languages

French

portion

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

Portuguese

porção

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

Practice

1 What does porción mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comió una ___ de tarta.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches porción?

noun

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