Polyglot Dictionary

tibia

/ˈtiβja/

la 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
las tibias

Meaning

  1. tibia

    • Se fracturó la tibia.

      He fractured his tibia.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

espinilla

Worth distinguishing: tibia is the shin bone itself; espinilla is the shin area generally, colloquial.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

tíbia

tíbia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "tibia."

Practice

1 What does tibia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se fracturó la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tibia?

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