sostén

/sosˈten/

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

Forms

plural
sostenes

Meaning

  1. support; bra

    • Es el sostén de su familia.

      He's the support of his family.

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

sujetador

sostén and sujetador are close synonyms for "bra"; sostén also separately means "support," more generally.

Practice

1 What does sostén mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es el ___ de su familia.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sostén?

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