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masculine
/kaˈxon/
#2861 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
drawer, crate
Word origin
Augmentative of caja ('box'), from Latin capsa ('case, chest'). The suffix -ón marks something larger, so a cajón is literally a 'big box'. English 'case' and 'capsule' share the Latin root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- capsa
- English cognates
- case, capsule
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcajones
Examples
primer .
I keep my socks in the top drawer.
.
Open the drawer and take out the scissors.
.
The apples came in a wooden crate.
ningún .
I cannot find the keys in any drawer.
¿ , ?
Can you close that drawer, please?
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