el
masculine
/aˈβizmo/
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Translation
abyss, chasm
Word origin
From Latin abyssus, from Greek abyssos ('bottomless'), from a ('without') plus byssos ('depth, bottom'). The same root gives English 'abyss'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- abyssos
- English cognates
- abyss
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralabismos
Examples
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He looked towards the abyss from the top of the mountain.
.
Between his ideas and mine there is an abyss.
.
The river ran at the bottom of a dark chasm.
¡, acerques !
Careful, do not go so close to the edge of the chasm!
empujó .
The crisis pushed the country to the edge of the abyss.
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