Polyglot Dictionary

mordomo

/moɾˈdomu/

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
os mordomos

Meaning

  1. butler

    • O mordomo abriu.

      The butler opened.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

copeiro

copeiro is more specifically a wine steward or pantry servant; mordomo is the general butler or majordomo.

Similar in other languages

German

Butler

Butler is the German word for the same thing — both mean "butler."

Spanish

mayordomo

mayordomo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "butler."

Practice

1 What does mordomo mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ abriu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mordomo?

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