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Translation

role, part

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Examples

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She played the main role.

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His role in the matter was small.

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Everyone has their role in the family.

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The roles changed after the war.

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What role does money play here?

The theatre sense came first and the figurative one followed the same path it took in English, so works for both an actor and a factor in an argument. Two derivations are worth pocketing. means to act a part, which saves a whole phrase, and is a character in a story or play - the person-who-has-a-role, built with the same -- that gives and . Where you mean a share or a portion rather than a function, is the word.

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Word family

Words built on rolo with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • rolulonoun

    character in a story, character in a play or film

    rolo-ul-

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This word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 13: rolo, sudo, kelkfoje and 7 more words.