Polyglot Dictionary

falésia

/faˈlɛzjɐ/

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 falésias

Meaning

  1. cliff

    • Caminhamos pela falésia.

      We walked along the cliff.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

penhasco

falésia specifically means a coastal or sea cliff; penhasco is more general, any steep cliff.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

acantilado

acantilado is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cliff."

French

falaise

falaise is the French word for the same thing — both mean "cliff."

Practice

1 What does falésia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Caminhamos pela ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches falésia?

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