Polyglot Dictionary

pesadelo

/pezaˈdelu/

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 pesadelos

Meaning

  1. nightmare

    • Tive um pesadelo.

      I had a nightmare.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Albtraum

Albtraum is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

German

Alptraum

Alptraum is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

Spanish

pesadilla

pesadilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

French

cauchemar

cauchemar is the French word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Tive um ___.

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