Polyglot Dictionary

alfândega

/awˈfɐ̃deɡɐ/

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 alfândegas

Meaning

  1. customs

    • Passei pela alfândega.

      I went through customs.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

aduana

alfândega is more common and standard in Brazilian Portuguese; aduana is used more in some formal contexts — both mean "customs."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

aduana

aduana is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "customs."

French

douane

douane is the French word for the same thing — both mean "customs."

Practice

1 What does alfândega mean?

2 Fill the gap: Passei pela ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alfândega?

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