el
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
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Our team won the championship this year.
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The world championship is held every four years.
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He played very well throughout the championship.
eliminados ronda .
They were knocked out in the first round of the championship.
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Who do you think will win the championship?
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