Polyglot Dictionary

terrícola

/teˈrikola/

el 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

Forms

plural
los terrícolas

Meaning

  1. earthling

    • Un terrícola visitó el planeta.

      An earthling visited the planet.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

terrestre

terrícola is slightly more sci-fi or literary; terrestre is more general or scientific, and also means "terrestrial" as a broader adjective — both mean "earthling."

Practice

1 What does terrícola mean?

2 Fill the gap: Un ___ visitó el planeta.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches terrícola?

noun

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