Polyglot Dictionary

hóstia

/ˈɔstʃjɐ/

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 hóstias

Meaning

  1. host

    • Recebeu a hóstia.

      He received the host.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Gastgeber

Gastgeber is the German word for the same thing — both mean "host."

Spanish

anfitrión

anfitrión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "host."

Practice

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