Polyglot Dictionary

antepassado

/ɐ̃tepaˈsadu/

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 antepassados

Meaning

  1. ancestor

    • Meus antepassados eram italianos.

      My ancestors were Italian.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

raiz

Close, figuratively — "roots" means ancestors.

Similar in other languages

German

Vorfahr

Vorfahr is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ancestor."

Spanish

antepasado

antepasado is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ancestor."

French

ancêtre

ancêtre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ancestor."

Practice

1 What does antepassado mean?

2 Fill the gap: Meus ___ eram italianos.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches antepassado?

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