posavasos

/posaˈβasos/

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

Forms

plural
los posavasos

Meaning

  1. coaster

    Built from posa (rests (from posar)) + vasos (glasses).

    • Pon un posavasos bajo el vaso.

      Put a coaster under the glass.

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

Made of

  • posa rests (from posar)
  • vasos glasses

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

porta-copos

porta-copos is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "coaster."

Practice

1 What does posavasos mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pon un ___ bajo el vaso.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches posavasos?

nouncompound

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