Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/kasiˈʎeɾo/

Line drawing of casillero
Coloured illustration of casillero
#4747 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

locker, pigeonhole

Word origin

From casilla ('compartment, pigeonhole'), a diminutive of casa ('house'), from Latin casa ('hut, cottage'), with the suffix -ero denoting a container of such compartments.

Origin
Latin
Root
casa

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcasilleros

Examples

.

He kept his books in his locker at school.

empleado .

Each employee has a locker for their belongings.

.

The postman left the letter in the right pigeonhole.

¿ ?

Which pigeonhole did you put the keys in?

muchos compartimentos.

The set of pigeonholes by the entrance has many compartments.

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 95.