lodo

/ˈlodu/

o 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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os lodos

Meaning

  1. mud

    • O lodo cobria tudo.

      Mud covered everything.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: mass. Scope: individual.

Similar words

lama

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 lodo mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ cobria tudo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lodo?

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