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feminine

/aspiˈɾina/

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Translation

aspirin

Word origin

Originally a trademark coined by the German company Bayer in 1899, from a ('acetyl') plus Spir- (for Spiraea, the plant genus yielding the acid) plus the suffix -in. It later became a generic word in many languages.

Origin
German
Root
Aspirin

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralaspirinas

Examples

.

I took an aspirin for my headache.

¿ ? .

Do you have an aspirin? I do not feel well.

.

The doctor recommended one aspirin a day.

.

I bought a box of aspirins at the chemist's.

ningún .

The aspirin had no effect on him at all.

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This word is part of lesson 94.