Polyglot Dictionary

lama

/ˈlɐ̃mɐ/

a 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
as lamas

Meaning

  1. mud

    • Há lama na rua.

      There is mud in the street.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

lodo

lodo is more about thick sediment or sludge, like pond sludge; lama is the general everyday word for "mud."

Similar in other languages

German

Schlamm

Schlamm is the German word for the same thing — both mean "mud."

Spanish

barro

barro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mud."

Spanish

fango

fango is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mud."

Practice

1 What does lama mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há ___ na rua.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lama?

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