Polyglot Dictionary

alface

/awˈfasi/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as alfaces

Meaning

  1. lettuce

    • Comprei uma alface.

      I bought a lettuce.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

couve

Worth distinguishing: alface (lettuce) and couve (kale) are different leafy vegetables often conflated.

repolho

Worth distinguishing: alface (lettuce) and repolho (cabbage) are different leafy vegetables often conflated.

Similar in other languages

German

Kopfsalat

Kopfsalat is the German word for the same thing — both mean "lettuce."

Spanish

lechuga

lechuga is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "lettuce."

Practice

1 What does alface mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comprei uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alface?

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