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school

/skuːl/

Translation

n [c, u]
colegio
to go to school
ir al colegio
escuela
US (inform)
universidad
a dance school
una academia de baile
school of thoughts
corrientes de pensamiento
(de peces)
banco
a school of sole
un banco de lenguados
manada
a school of whales
una manada de ballenas
Véase tb: boarding school; driving school; elementary school; finishing school; grammar school; high school; infant school; junior school; nursery school; old school tie; preparatory school; primary school; private school; public school; secondary school; state school
(Definition of school n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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