Polyglot Dictionary

vespa

/ˈvespɐ/

a 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
as vespas

Meaning

  1. wasp

    • Uma vespa picou.

      A wasp stung.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Wespe

Wespe is the German word for the same thing — both mean "wasp."

Spanish

avispa

avispa is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "wasp."

French

guêpe

guêpe is the French word for the same thing — both mean "wasp."

Practice

1 What does vespa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Uma ___ picou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vespa?

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