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Translation

to, at

Word origin

From Latin ad ('to, towards'). The same preposition survives as the English prefix in words like advance and adjacent.

Origin
Latin
Root
ad
English cognates
adjacent, advance

Examples

.

I am going to the shop this afternoon.

llegues.

Call your mother when you arrive.

.

He starts work at nine o'clock.

regalé .

I gave a book to my sister.

.

We are going to eat at an Italian restaurant.

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