Polyglot Dictionary

quitasol

/kitaˈsol/

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 quitasoles

Meaning

  1. parasol

    Built from quita (removes (from quitar)) + sol (sun).

    • Abrió el quitasol en la playa.

      She opened the parasol on the beach.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • quita removes (from quitar)
  • sol sun

Similar words

parasol

parasol and quitasol are close synonyms for "parasol"; quitasol is rarer and more literary.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

guarda-sol

guarda-sol is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "parasol."

Portuguese

sombrinha

sombrinha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "parasol."

Practice

1 What does quitasol mean?

2 Fill the gap: Abrió el ___ en la playa.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches quitasol?

nouncompound

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