Polyglot Dictionary

submarino

/suβmaˈɾino/

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

Forms

plural
los submarinos

Meaning

  1. submarine

    Built from sub (under) + marino (marine).

    • El submarino se sumergió.

      The submarine dived.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • sub under
  • marino marine

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

sous-marin

sous-marin is the French word for the same thing — both mean "submarine."

Portuguese

submarino

submarino is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "submarine."

Practice

1 What does submarino mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ se sumergió.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches submarino?

nouncompound

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