Polyglot Dictionary

castor

/kasˈtoɾ/

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
castores

Meaning

  1. beaver

    • O castor construiu um dique.

      The beaver built a dam.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

castor

castor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "beaver."

French

castor

castor is the French word for the same thing — both mean "beaver."

Practice

1 What does castor mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ construiu um dique.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches castor?

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