rompehielos

/romˈpejelos/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los rompehielos

Meaning

  1. icebreaker

    Built from rompe (breaks (from romper)) + hielos (ice).

    • El rompehielos abrió paso entre el hielo.

      The icebreaker cut a path through the ice.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • rompe breaks (from romper)
  • hielos ice

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

brise-glace

brise-glace is the French word for the same thing — both mean "icebreaker."

Practice

1 What does rompehielos mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ abrió paso entre el hielo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rompehielos?

nouncompound

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