senectud

/senekˈtuð/

la 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.

Meaning

  1. old age

    • Llegó a la senectud.

      He reached old age.

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

Similar words

vejez

senectud is more formal or literary; vejez is the everyday word — both mean "old age."

Similar in other languages

French

vieillesse

vieillesse is the French word for the same thing — both mean "old age."

Portuguese

velhice

velhice is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "old age."

Practice

1 What does senectud mean?

2 Fill the gap: Llegó a la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches senectud?

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