Polyglot Dictionary

camada

/kaˈmadɐ/

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 camadas

Meaning

  1. layer

    • Há uma camada de gelo.

      There's a layer of ice.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cama

Easily confused due to the shared spelling: camada means layer; cama means bed. Unrelated meanings despite the visual similarity.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

estrato

estrato is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "layer."

Practice

1 What does camada mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há uma ___ de gelo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches camada?

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