Polyglot Dictionary

vecindario

/besinˈdaɾjo/

el 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
los vecindarios

Meaning

  1. neighbourhood

    • El vecindario es tranquilo.

      The neighbourhood is quiet.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

barrio

vecindario refers more to the community of neighbors and residents; barrio is the general word for "neighbourhood" as an area.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

bairro

bairro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "neighbourhood."

Portuguese

vizinhança

vizinhança is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "neighbourhood."

Practice

1 What does vecindario mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ es tranquilo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vecindario?

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