Polyglot Dictionary

tragaluz

/tɾaɣaˈlus/

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
tragaluces

Meaning

  1. skylight

    Built from traga (swallows (from tragar)) + luz (light).

    • El tragaluz da luz al pasillo.

      The skylight lights the hall.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • traga swallows (from tragar)
  • luz light

Similar words

claraboya

claraboya and tragaluz are close synonyms for "skylight," interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

French

verrière

verrière is the French word for the same thing — both mean "skylight."

Portuguese

claraboia

claraboia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "skylight."

Practice

1 What does tragaluz mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ da luz al pasillo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tragaluz?

nouncompound

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