Polyglot Dictionary

rincón

/rinˈkon/

el noun B1

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 rincones

Meaning

  1. corner

    • Se sentó en un rincón.

      He sat in a corner.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

esquina

esquina is an outside corner, like of a building or a street corner; rincón is an inside corner, a cozy nook in a room.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

esquina

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

Practice

1 What does rincón mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se sentó en un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rincón?

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