Polyglot Dictionary

peste

/ˈpɛstʃi/

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 pestes

Meaning

  1. plague

    • A peste chegou.

      The plague arrived.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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German

Pest

Pest is the German word for the same thing — both mean "plague."

Practice

1 What does peste mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ chegou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches peste?

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