Polyglot Dictionary

criado-mudo

/kɾiˌaduˈmudu/

o 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
os criados-mudos

Meaning

  1. bedside table

    Built from criado (servant) + mudo (mute).

    • O livro está no criado-mudo.

      The book is on the bedside table.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • criado servant
  • mudo mute

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Nachttisch

Nachttisch is the German word for the same thing — both mean "bedside table."

Spanish

mesilla

mesilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bedside table."

Practice

1 What does criado-mudo mean?

2 Fill the gap: O livro está no ___-mudo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches criado-mudo?

nouncompound

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