Polyglot Dictionary

ferrugem

/feˈxuʒẽj/

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 ferrugens

Meaning

  1. rust

    • Há ferrugem no portão.

      There's rust on the gate.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Rost

Rost is the German word for the same thing — both mean "rust."

French

rouille

rouille is the French word for the same thing — both mean "rust."

Practice

1 What does ferrugem mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há ___ no portão.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ferrugem?

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