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/aˈmiɣo/
Translation
friend
Word origin
From Latin amicus ('friend'), from amare ('to love'). English 'amicable' and 'amity' come from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- amicus
- English cognates
- amicable, amity
Grammar
Examples
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My best friend knows me better than anyone.
verme .
A childhood friend came to see me yesterday.
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Money cannot buy the friendship of a true friend.
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I went out with some friends for a drink last night.
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They became friends during the train journey.
Where this fits
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Stories
(24)El amigo de mi padre
1 min read · Core 1000
El camino a casa
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Pedro conoce a alguien
2 min read · Core 5000
Alguien que lo haya visto
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Cinco mil palabras después
3 min read · Core 5000
Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
3 min read · Core 5000
El perro del barrio
3 min read · Core 5000
El trabajo de Pedro
3 min read · Core 1000
El vecino nuevo
3 min read · Core 1000
La aventura de Sofía
3 min read · Core 5000
La fiesta sorpresa
3 min read · Core 1000
La promesa de Lucía
3 min read · Core 5000
Le echo de menos
3 min read · Core 5000
Le hice arreglar el coche
3 min read · Core 5000
No estoy embarazada
3 min read · Core 5000
Pasen y siéntense
3 min read · Core 5000
Se me cayó todo
3 min read · Core 5000
Se vende la camioneta
3 min read · Core 5000
Una mañana en el mercado
3 min read · Core 1000
Una tarde de lluvia
3 min read · Core 1000
¡Vaya sorpresa!
3 min read · Core 5000
La cena de los Pereira
4 min read · Core 1000
Los puestos del sábado
4 min read · Core 1000
Palabras de cocina
5 min read · Core 1000
Grammar articles
(8)Spanish Adjective Agreement: Endings, Position, and the Shortened Pre-Nominal Set
Spanish False Friends (Part 1): embarazada, actual, realizar, sensible
Spanish Indefinites: alguno, ninguno, alguien, nadie, algo, nada, cualquiera
Spanish Possessive Pronouns: el mío, el tuyo, el suyo and the Long Possessives
Spanish Possessive Adjectives: mi, tu, su and Why Agreement Trips Beginners
Spanish Punctuation and Capitalisation: the opening ¿ and ¡, lowercase lunes and español
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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