Polyglot Dictionary

dispositivo

/dʒispoziˈtʃivu/

o noun B2

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 dispositivos

Meaning

  1. device

    • É um dispositivo novo.

      It's a new device.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

aparelho

aparelho is more everyday, like an appliance, or colloquially a cellphone; dispositivo is more technical, a device or mechanism in engineering or medical contexts.

Similar in other languages

German

Gerät

Gerät is the German word for the same thing — both mean "device."

Spanish

artefacto

artefacto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "device."

Spanish

dispositivo

dispositivo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "device."

Practice

1 What does dispositivo mean?

2 Fill the gap: É um ___ novo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dispositivo?

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