Translation
show, performance; spectacle, sight
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Word origin
From Latin spectaculum, a public show, from spectare ('to watch'). English spectacle, spectator and the eyeglasses called spectacles all come from that watching.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- spectare
- English cognates
- spectacle, spectator, inspect
Examples
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The show will begin in an hour.
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Everyone watched the show with great delight.
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The actors prepared a new show for the theatre.
A is a thing staged to be watched: a play, a concert, a circus. The related verb is to watch a performance, which is why an Esperanto audience rather than merely . The mildly sarcastic English sense, making a spectacle of yourself, carries over intact.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 12: spektaklo, ĉeno, konfirmi and 7 more words.