el
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.
pasear .
She likes walking through the woods on Sundays.
incendios .
The fires burned a large part of the forest this summer.
, osos muchos .
In the forest live wolves, bears and many birds.
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