Translation
square (in a town), plaza
Test yourself on placo
Three quick questions. No account needed.
Know this word? Create a free account to track it.
Word origin
From Latin platea ('broad street, open space'), itself from Greek plateia ('broad'). English place, plaza and piazza are the same word arriving by three different roads.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- platea
- English cognates
- place, plaza, piazza
Examples
.
Many people were waiting on the big square.
.
A tall tree stands on the square.
.
We met her on the square in front of the church.
A is the open space in the middle of a town, not the abstract "place" that English place usually means. For that, Esperanto says . Keep the two apart and you avoid the commonest false friend an English speaker brings to the word.
Where this fits
Used in
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Meet this word in a story
Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.
Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.
Esperanto · Free printables
placo: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Esperanto word "placo" (square (in a town), plaza): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
Free for members
The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.
Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 1: placo, harmonio, atesti and 6 more words.