🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

cartelera

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cartelera

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Billboard/ˈbɪl.bɔːrd/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La nueva cartelera en la carretera presenta el último smartphone."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large outdoor board for displaying advertisements.

    "The new billboard on the highway features the latest smartphone."
  2. 2

    A board for displaying notices or advertisements in a public place.

    "The community center has a billboard where local events are posted."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'billboard' originated in the late 19th century, combining 'bill', which comes from the Old French 'bille' meaning 'a written notice', and 'board', from the Old English 'bord', referring to a flat surface. Initially used to describe a board for posting bills, it evolved to denote large outdoor advertising structures.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Billboard"?

10 Global Lexicons: How "Billboard" is said worldwide

Click any language below to open its dedicated Language to English dictionary page with native script & transliteration

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Billboard"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Billboard" Synonym Map