albergue

/awˈbeɾɡi/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os albergues

Meaning

  1. hostel

    • Dormimos num albergue.

      We slept in a hostel.

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

hostel

albergue is the traditional Portuguese word; hostel is the modern English loanword, like a backpacker hostel — both mean "hostel."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

albergue

albergue is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hostel."

Spanish

hostal

hostal is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hostel."

French

auberge de jeunesse

auberge de jeunesse is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hostel."

Practice

1 What does albergue mean?

2 Fill the gap: Dormimos num ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches albergue?

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