Polyglot Dictionary

para-quedas

/paɾɐˈkɛdɐs/

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 para-quedas

Meaning

  1. parachute

    Built from para (stops (from parar)) + quedas (falls).

    • Ele abriu o para-quedas.

      He opened the parachute.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • para stops (from parar)
  • quedas falls

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Fallschirm

Fallschirm is the German word for the same thing — both mean "parachute."

Spanish

paracaídas

paracaídas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "parachute."

Practice

1 What does para-quedas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ele abriu o para-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches para-quedas?

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