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feminine

/baˈtaʎa/ ES

/baˈtaʝa/ MX

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Translation

battle

Word origin

From Late Latin battualia ('fencing exercises'), from battuere ('to beat, strike'). The same root gives English battle and batter.

Origin: Latin
Root: battualia
English cognates: battle, batter, combat

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralbatallas

Examples

They lost the battle but won the war.

This legal battle has gone on for years.

Waterloo Europa.

The Battle of Waterloo changed Europe.

Each day is a battle to keep the family going.

The soldiers prepared for the battle at dawn.

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This word is part of lesson 21.