Polyglot Dictionary

área

/ˈaɾjɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as áreas

Meaning

  1. area

    • É uma área verde.

      It's a green area.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

zona

área is more neutral and general; zona can carry a negative connotation in some contexts, like a rough area or "fazer uma zona," to make a mess — both mean "area."

Similar in other languages

German

Land

Close — an area relates to land, territory.

English

country

Close — an area relates to a country, a geographic region.

Practice

1 What does área mean?

2 Fill the gap: É uma ___ verde.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches área?

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