Polyglot Dictionary

seña

/ˈseɲa/

la 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
las señas

Meaning

  1. sign, gesture

    • Me hizo una seña.

      He signalled to me.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gesto

gesto and seña are close synonyms for "gesture"; seña also separately means "sign," more broadly.

Similar in other languages

German

Signal

Close — a signal relates to a sign, gesture.

French

signal

Close — a sign, gesture relates to a signal.

Practice

1 What does seña mean?

2 Fill the gap: Me hizo una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches seña?

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