Polyglot Dictionary

vástago

/ˈbastaɣo/

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 vástagos

Meaning

  1. offspring

    • Es su único vástago.

      He's their only offspring.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

descendencia

vástago specifically means "offspring, scion" in a literary or genealogical sense, an heir, and can also literally mean a plant shoot; descendencia is the general word for "descendants, offspring."

Similar in other languages

French

progéniture

progéniture is the French word for the same thing — both mean "offspring."

Portuguese

prole

prole is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "offspring."

Practice

1 What does vástago mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es su único ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vástago?

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