Polyglot Dictionary

presbítero

/pɾesˈβiteɾo/

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 presbíteros

Meaning

  1. priest

    • El presbítero celebró la misa.

      The priest said mass.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cura

presbítero is a formal, ecclesiastical term for "priest," used in canon law; cura is the colloquial word.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

padre

padre is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "priest."

Portuguese

sacerdote

sacerdote is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "priest."

Practice

1 What does presbítero mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ celebró la misa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches presbítero?

noun

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