Polyglot Dictionary

escritório

/iskɾiˈtɔɾju/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os escritórios

Meaning

  1. office

    • Trabalho no escritório.

      I work in the office.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

secretaria

escritório is a general office or workspace; secretaria is more specific, an administrative office or secretariat.

Similar in other languages

German

Büro

Büro is the German word for the same thing — both mean "office."

Spanish

despacho

despacho is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "office."

Spanish

oficina

oficina is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "office."

Practice

1 What does escritório mean?

2 Fill the gap: Trabalho no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches escritório?

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