Translation
to watch (a show, film or match)
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Word origin
From Latin spectare ('to watch'), the root of spectator and spectacle. A later addition to Esperanto, adopted once broadcasting made 'watching a show' an everyday activity.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- spectare
- English cognates
- spectator, spectacle
Examples
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We watched a film yesterday evening.
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In the evening we often watch television.
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Many people came to watch the game.
is watching as an audience member: a film, a play, a match, the television. is the general-purpose look-at verb, so you a painting or a map but whatever unfolds over time in front of you. It is the eye's answer to for the ear. The crowd doing it are , and is the show they came for.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 10: spekti, scivola, viando and 7 more words.