Polyglot Dictionary

hostel

/osˈtɛw/

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
hostels

Meaning

  1. hostel

    • Ficou num hostel.

      He stayed in a hostel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

albergue

albergue is the traditional Portuguese word; hostel is the modern English loanword, like a backpacker hostel — both mean "hostel."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

albergue

albergue is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hostel."

Spanish

hostal

hostal is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hostel."

French

auberge de jeunesse

auberge de jeunesse is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hostel."

Practice

1 What does hostel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ficou num ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hostel?

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