Polyglot Dictionary

alho-poró

/ˌaʎupoˈɾɔ/

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

Forms

plural
os alhos-porós

Meaning

  1. leek

    Built from alho (garlic) + poró (leek).

    • Sopa de alho-poró.

      Leek soup.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • alho garlic
  • poró leek

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Lauch

Lauch is the German word for the same thing — both mean "leek."

Spanish

puerro

puerro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "leek."

French

poireau

poireau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "leek."

Practice

1 What does alho-poró mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sopa de alho-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alho-poró?

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