Polyglot Dictionary

reveillon

/ʁeveˈjõ/

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

Meaning

  1. Réveillon, Brazil's traditional New Year's Eve celebration, often spent on the beach dressed in white

    • Passamos o Reveillon na praia de Copacabana.

      We spent New Year's Eve on Copacabana beach.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

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2 Fill the gap: Passamos o ___ na praia de Copacabana.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches reveillon?

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