Polyglot Dictionary

contrabaixo

/kõtɾaˈbajʃu/

o 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
os contrabaixos

Meaning

  1. double bass

    • Toca contrabaixo.

      He plays double bass.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

contrabajo

contrabajo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "double bass."

French

contrebasse

contrebasse is the French word for the same thing — both mean "double bass."

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Toca ___.

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