Polyglot Dictionary

rehén

/reˈen/

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
rehenes

Meaning

  1. hostage

    • Liberaron al rehén.

      They freed the hostage.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

otage

otage is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hostage."

Portuguese

refém

refém is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hostage."

Practice

1 What does rehén mean?

2 Fill the gap: Liberaron al ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rehén?

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