Translation
real, actual
Word origin
From Latin realis, built on res ('thing'), and carried into Esperanto through French reel and German real.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- realis
- English cognates
- real, reality
Examples
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The danger was completely real.
?
Is that real or just a dream?
respondon, .
He wants a real answer, not pretty words.
says a thing exists in the world rather than in your head, so its opposite number is or , not a lie. Keep it apart from , which says a statement matches the facts: a danĝero is out there, a rakonto merely reports accurately. overlaps but leans towards "actual as opposed to nominal". The family gives o for reality, for the quality of being real, and i for making a plan real.
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