Polyglot Dictionary

escombro

/isˈkõbɾu/

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 escombros

Meaning

  1. piece of rubble

    • Achou um escombro.

      He found a piece of rubble.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

entulho

entulho and escombro are close synonyms for "rubble," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

escombro

escombro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "piece of rubble."

Practice

1 What does escombro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Achou um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches escombro?

noun

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