Polyglot Dictionary

reservatório

/xezeɾvaˈtɔɾju/

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
os reservatórios

Meaning

  1. reservoir

    • O reservatório secou.

      The reservoir dried up.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

açude

açude is more rural or small-scale, a dam or small reservoir for farming, common in Northeast Brazil; reservatório is more general or large-scale, a technical term — both mean "reservoir."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

embalse

embalse is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "reservoir."

Practice

1 What does reservatório mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ secou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches reservatório?

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