Polyglot Dictionary

rosto

/ˈxostu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os rostos

Meaning

  1. face

    • Lave o rosto.

      Wash your face.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cara

cara is more colloquial, and also slang for "guy" or "face value" of money; rosto is more formal, the standard anatomical term — both mean "face."

Similar in other languages

German

Gesicht

Gesicht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "face."

Spanish

cara

cara is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "face."

Spanish

faz

faz is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "face."

Practice

1 What does rosto mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lave o ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rosto?

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