Polyglot Dictionary

profeta

/pɾoˈfeta/

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 profetas

Meaning

  1. prophet

    • El profeta habló.

      The prophet spoke.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

oráculo

Worth distinguishing: oráculo is a place/object/person giving divine guidance; profeta is specifically a person who speaks for a deity.

Similar in other languages

French

prophète

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

Portuguese

profeta

profeta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "prophet."

Practice

1 What does profeta mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ habló.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches profeta?

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