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masculine

/ˈboske/

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Translation

forest, wood

Word origin

From a Germanic root busk ('bush, thicket'), which passed through Late Latin boscus. The same source gives English bush and bouquet.

Origin: Germanic
Root: busk
English cognates: bush, bouquet

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralbosques

Examples

We got lost in the forest at night.

This forest is protected by law.

She likes walking through the woods on Sundays.

gran .

The fires burned a large part of the forest this summer.

, muchos .

In the forest live wolves, bears and many birds.

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This word is part of lesson 20.