Polyglot Dictionary

fresta

/ˈfɾɛstɐ/

a 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
as frestas

Meaning

  1. gap

    • Há uma fresta na porta.

      There's a gap in the door.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

brecha

fresta is more about a narrow crack or slit, like light through a gap; brecha is more general, like a gap or breach, and can be figurative, like a legal loophole.

Similar in other languages

German

Lücke

Lücke is the German word for the same thing — both mean "gap."

German

Zwischenraum

Zwischenraum is the German word for the same thing — both mean "gap."

Spanish

brecha

brecha is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "gap."

Practice

1 What does fresta mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há uma ___ na porta.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fresta?

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