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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

.

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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This word is part of lesson 22.