Polyglot Dictionary

alcateia

/awkaˈtejɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as alcateias

Meaning

  1. pack of wolves

    • Uma alcateia uivou.

      A wolf pack howled.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Collective

Similar words

matilha

alcateia specifically means a pack of wolves; matilha is more general, and can also mean a pack of dogs.

Similar in other languages

English

gang

Close, figuratively — a pack (of wolves) relates to a gang.

Practice

1 What does alcateia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Uma ___ uivou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alcateia?

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