Polyglot Dictionary

tentempié

/tentemˈpje/

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 tentempiés

Meaning

  1. snack

    Built from tente (hold yourself up (from tenerse)) + en (on) + pie (foot).

    • Tomé un tentempié antes de salir.

      I had a snack before going out.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • tente hold yourself up (from tenerse)
  • en on
  • pie foot

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

lanche

lanche is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "snack."

Portuguese

petisco

petisco is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "snack."

Practice

1 What does tentempié mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tomé un ___ antes de salir.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tentempié?

nouncompound

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