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masculine

/kampeoˈnato/

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Translation

championship

Word origin

From campeón ('champion') plus the suffix -ato, denoting a title or contest. Campeón comes through Italian campione from Late Latin campio ('fighter in the field'), from campus ('field'). The same root gives English 'champion'.

Origin
Latin
Root
campio
English cognates
champion, camp, campus

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcampeonatos

Examples

.

Our team won the championship this year.

.

The world championship is held every four years.

.

He played very well throughout the championship.

eliminados ronda .

They were knocked out in the first round of the championship.

¿ ?

Who do you think will win the championship?

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This word is part of lesson 61.