Polyglot Dictionary

rebocador

/xebokaˈdoɾ/

o 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
rebocadores

Meaning

  1. tugboat

    • O rebocador puxou o navio.

      The tugboat towed the ship.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

puxão

Close — "tugboat" is literally named for "tugging"; puxão is a tug/pull.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

remolcador

remolcador is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "tugboat."

Practice

1 What does rebocador mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ puxou o navio.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rebocador?

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