Polyglot Dictionary

pronto-socorro

/ˌpɾõtusoˈkoxu/

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 prontos-socorros

Meaning

  1. emergency room

    Built from pronto (ready) + socorro (aid).

    • Fui ao pronto-socorro.

      I went to the emergency room.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • pronto ready
  • socorro aid

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Notaufnahme

Notaufnahme is the German word for the same thing — both mean "emergency room."

French

urgences

urgences is the French word for the same thing — both mean "emergency room."

Practice

1 What does pronto-socorro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fui ao pronto-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pronto-socorro?

nouncompound

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