Polyglot Dictionary

despensa

/dʒisˈpẽsɐ/

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 despensas

Meaning

  1. pantry

    • Guardo latas na despensa.

      I keep tins in the pantry.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Speisekammer

Speisekammer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "pantry."

Spanish

despensa

despensa is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pantry."

French

garde-manger

garde-manger is the French word for the same thing — both mean "pantry."

Practice

1 What does despensa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Guardo latas na ___.

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