Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ˈaxo/

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Translation

garlic

Word origin

From Latin alium (also allium), the Latin word for garlic, which survives as the botanical genus name Allium.

Origin
Latin
Root
alium

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralajos

Examples

.

This sauce has a lot of garlic in it.

sofrito.

Chop two cloves of garlic for the sofrito.

¡ huele !

How this kitchen smells of garlic!

sabor crudo.

I do not like the strong taste of raw garlic.

¿ ?

Did you put garlic in the soup?

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This word is part of lesson 81.