Polyglot Dictionary

cisterna

/sisˈtɛɾnɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as cisternas

Meaning

  1. cistern

    • Há uma cisterna.

      There's a cistern.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

aljibe

aljibe is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cistern."

Spanish

cisterna

cisterna is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cistern."

Practice

1 What does cisterna mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cisterna?

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