cachorro-quente

/kaˌʃoxuˈkẽtʃi/

o 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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os cachorros-quentes

Meaning

  1. hot dog

    Built from cachorro (dog) + quente (hot).

    • Comi um cachorro-quente.

      I ate a hot dog.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • cachorro dog
  • quente hot

Practice

1 What does cachorro-quente mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comi um ___-quente.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cachorro-quente?

nouncompound

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