Polyglot Dictionary

decano

/deˈkɐnu/

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 decanos

Meaning

  1. dean

    • O decano abriu o ano.

      The dean opened the year.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

deão

decano is more formal or academic, the dean of a faculty, or the most senior member, "doyen"; deão is more used for religious or cathedral deans — both mean "dean."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

deán

deán is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dean."

Spanish

decano

decano is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "dean."

Practice

1 What does decano mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ abriu o ano.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches decano?

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