Polyglot Dictionary

recelo

/reˈselo/

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 recelos

Meaning

  1. suspicion

    • Lo miró con recelo.

      He looked at him suspiciously.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

suspicacia

recelo and suspicacia are close synonyms for "suspicion," largely interchangeable.

sospecha

sospecha is the more common, everyday word for "suspicion"; recelo is more about a wary, uneasy distrust.

Similar in other languages

German

Verdacht

Verdacht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "suspicion."

French

soupçon

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

Practice

1 What does recelo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lo miró con ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches recelo?

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