Polyglot Dictionary

rifle

/ˈrifle/

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 rifles

Meaning

  1. rifle

    • El cazador llevaba un rifle.

      The hunter carried a rifle.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

fusil

fusil and rifle are close synonyms for "rifle"; fusil is more military or formal, rifle more general or a hunting context.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fuzil

fuzil is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "rifle."

Portuguese

rifle

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

Practice

1 What does rifle mean?

2 Fill the gap: El cazador llevaba un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rifle?

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