vaivén

/bajˈβen/

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
vaivenes

Meaning

  1. swaying

    Built from va (goes (from ir)) + y (and) + ven (comes (from venir)).

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

Made of

  • va goes (from ir)
  • y and
  • ven comes (from venir)

Practice

1 What does vaivén mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ de las olas.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vaivén?

nouncompound

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