el trigo
wheat
Es una planta de granos pequeños que se usa para hacer harina, pan, pasta y otros alimentos básicos.
Definition & meaning
Trigo means wheat, the cereal plant and its edible grain. It is one of the main grains used to make flour, bread, pasta, pastries, and other foods.
It can refer to:
- The plant itself: a field of wheat
- The grain harvested from the plant
- Wheat as a food ingredient or crop
Example: El trigo se usa para hacer pan — “Wheat is used to make bread.”
Grammar & word origin
- Part of speech: masculine noun
- Article: el trigo
- Plural: los trigos, usually used when referring to different varieties or types of wheat
- Pronunciation: approximately “TREE-goh”
The word comes from Latin triticum, meaning “wheat.”
Related Spanish words include:
Synonyms & antonyms
There is no exact everyday synonym for trigo.
- cereal — a broader term for grain-producing plants, so it includes wheat but is not its exact equivalent.
- grano — “grain”; this may refer to wheat grain, but it can also mean the seed of many other plants.
There is no direct antonym for trigo. Other cereals such as arroz , maíz , or cebada are different crops, not true opposites.
Common phrases & collocations
- trigo integral — whole wheat
- trigo blanco — white wheat
- trigo duro — durum wheat
- trigo sarraceno — buckwheat; despite its name, it is not a type of wheat
- harina de trigo — wheat flour
- campo de trigo — wheat field
- sembrar trigo — to sow wheat
- cosechar trigo — to harvest wheat
- pan de trigo — wheat bread
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Examples
El pan que compré está hecho de trigo.noun
The bread I bought is made of wheat.
El trigo crece rápido en esta región.noun
Wheat grows fast in this region.
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