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The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
Many terms suffixed in -dor, -dora are nouns formed by other nouns or verbs (equivalent to English noun + er or verb + er). Usually adjectives correspond to verb + dor/a (equivalent to English verb + ing) derived from the three conjugations:
The earliest form of the word doron is the Mycenaean Greek ๐๐จ, dora, meaning "gifts", written in the Linear B syllabic script, but it is not an anthroponym, it is only the plural (δแฟถρα) of said word; [5] on the other hand, the names Theodora and Amphidora are attested in Linear B as ๐ณ๐๐๐จ, te-o-do-ra, and ๐๐ ๐๐จ ...
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via American English from Spanish lazo meaning "tie; or rope" ultimately from Latin laqueum, "noose, snare." [16] Latino English short for the Spanish word latinoamericano, formed by latino "related to the Latin empire and language" and americano "from the Americas" llama via Spanish llama, from Quechua llama Llanos
Dora the Explorer is back in a newly released trailer for Paramount+’s upcoming preschool series, dubbed just Dora. Premiering with all 26 CG-animated, 11-minute episodes on Friday, April 12 ...
Words of Nahuatl origin have entered many European languages. Mainly they have done so via Spanish. Most words of Nahuatl origin end in a form of the Nahuatl "absolutive suffix" (-tl, -tli, or -li, or the Spanish adaptation -te), which marked unpossessed nouns. Achiote (definition) from ฤchiotl [aหหtอกสiotอกษฌ] Atlatl (definition)
Many grammars of Spanish suggest that nouns ending in -a are feminine, [14] [15] but there is no requirement that Spanish nouns ending in -a be feminine. [10] Thus, grammars that pose such a requirement also typically include a long list of exceptions, such as el alerta 'alert', el bocata 'sandwich', el caza 'fighter plane', and many others.