Polyglot Dictionary

fermento

/feɾˈmẽtu/

o noun B1

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 fermentos

Meaning

  1. yeast

    • Adicione fermento.

      Add yeast.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

levedura

fermento is more general or culinary, a baking leavening agent; levedura is more scientific or technical, the biological yeast organism.

Similar in other languages

German

Hefe

Hefe is the German word for the same thing — both mean "yeast."

Spanish

levadura

levadura is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "yeast."

Practice

1 What does fermento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Adicione ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fermento?

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