Polyglot Dictionary

chaleira

/ʃaˈlejɾɐ/

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 chaleiras

Meaning

  1. kettle

    • A chaleira está fervendo.

      The kettle is boiling.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

caldeira

Worth distinguishing: chaleira is a kettle; caldeira is a boiler, bigger and often industrial.

Similar in other languages

German

Wasserkocher

Wasserkocher is the German word for the same thing — both mean "kettle."

Spanish

hervidor

hervidor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "kettle."

French

bouilloire

bouilloire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "kettle."

Practice

1 What does chaleira mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ está fervendo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chaleira?

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