Polyglot Dictionary

inferno

/ĩˈfɛɾnu/

o noun B1

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 infernos

Meaning

  1. hell

    • Foi um inferno.

      It was hell.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

infierno

infierno is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hell."

French

enfer

enfer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "hell."

Practice

1 What does inferno mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches inferno?

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