Polyglot Dictionary

engrenagem

/ẽɡɾeˈnaʒẽj/

a 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
as engrenagens

Meaning

  1. gear

    • A engrenagem quebrou.

      The gear broke.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

marcha

engrenagem and marcha are close synonyms for a car's "gear"; marcha also separately means "march."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

engranaje

engranaje is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "gear."

Practice

1 What does engrenagem mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ quebrou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches engrenagem?

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