Polyglot Dictionary

parede

/paˈɾedʒi/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as paredes

Meaning

  1. wall

    • Pendurei um quadro na parede.

      I hung a picture on the wall.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

muralha

parede is an interior wall, like a room's wall; muralha is a large fortified wall, like a city wall — a different scale of "wall."

muro

muro is more exterior, like a garden wall; parede is more interior, like a room's wall.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

muro

muro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "wall."

Spanish

pared

pared is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "wall."

Practice

1 What does parede mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pendurei um quadro na ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches parede?

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