Polyglot Dictionary

assalto

/aˈsawtu/

o 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
os assaltos

Meaning

  1. robbery

    • Houve um assalto.

      There was a robbery.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

roubo

assalto is more about an armed or violent assault-robbery; roubo is more general theft.

Similar in other languages

German

Raub

Raub is the German word for the same thing — both mean "robbery."

Spanish

atraco

atraco is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "robbery."

Spanish

robo

robo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "robbery."

Practice

1 What does assalto mean?

2 Fill the gap: Houve um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches assalto?

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