Polyglot Dictionary

medusa

/meˈduzɐ/

a 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
as medusas

Meaning

  1. jellyfish

    • Uma medusa me picou.

      A jellyfish stung me.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

água-viva

água-viva is more common in Brazilian Portuguese; medusa is more scientific or European Portuguese — both mean "jellyfish."

Similar in other languages

German

Qualle

Qualle is the German word for the same thing — both mean "jellyfish."

Spanish

medusa

medusa is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "jellyfish."

French

méduse

méduse is the French word for the same thing — both mean "jellyfish."

Practice

1 What does medusa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Uma ___ me picou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches medusa?

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