Polyglot Dictionary

gesso

/ˈʒesu/

o 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
os gessos

Meaning

  1. plaster

    • Ele engessou com gesso.

      He set it in plaster.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Putz

Putz is the German word for the same thing — both mean "plaster."

Spanish

yeso

yeso is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "plaster."

French

plâtre

plâtre is the French word for the same thing — both mean "plaster."

Practice

1 What does gesso mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ele engessou com ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches gesso?

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