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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
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I took an aspirin for my headache.
¿ ? .
Do you have an aspirin? I do not feel well.
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The doctor recommended one aspirin a day.
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I bought a box of aspirins at the chemist's.
ningún .
The aspirin had no effect on him at all.
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