trasfondo

/tɾasˈfondo/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los trasfondos

Meaning

  1. background

    • Hay un trasfondo político.

      There's a political background.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

fondo

fondo and trasfondo are close synonyms for "background"; fondo also separately means "bottom."

Similar in other languages

German

Hintergrund

Hintergrund is the German word for the same thing — both mean "background."

Practice

1 What does trasfondo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hay un ___ político.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches trasfondo?

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