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masculine
/boˈliɣɾafo/
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Translation
ballpoint pen, biro
Word origin
A twentieth-century coinage from bola ('ball') plus the Greek suffix -grafo ('writing'), naming the small rolling ball at the tip. The Greek graphein ('to write') also gives English 'graph' and 'photograph'.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Root
- bola plus -grafo
- English cognates
- graph, photograph
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbolígrafos
Examples
¿ prestas ?
Can you lend me a pen to sign?
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My pen has run out of ink.
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Write the address in pen, not in pencil.
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I found your pen under the table.
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I always carry a pen in my pocket.
Used in
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