Polyglot Dictionary

selva

/ˈselβa/

la 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
las selvas

Meaning

  1. jungle

    • Se perdió en la selva.

      He got lost in the jungle.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

jungla

selva is the more standard, general term; jungla is more colloquial, also used figuratively, like "la jungla de asfalto," the concrete jungle — both mean "jungle."

Similar in other languages

French

jungle

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

Portuguese

selva

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

Practice

1 What does selva mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se perdió en la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches selva?

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