bloque

/ˈbloke/ · B1 · noun · m

block

🧱 Borrowed from French bloc: Spanish bloque is the English block, plus an -e ending

English block and Spanish bloque both come from French bloc, so the meaning carries over: a chunk of stone, a city block, a political bloc. Watch the spelling, since the k sound becomes -que, as in parque and ataque.

More Spanish words · How Spanish works