Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/kluβ/

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Translation

club, association, nightclub

Word origin

Borrowed from English 'club' in the sense of an association of people, recorded in Spanish from the eighteenth century. The English word comes from Old Norse klubba ('cudgel'), with the social sense developing later.

Origin
Old Norse
Root
klubba
English cognates
club, clump

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralclubs

Examples

golf.

My father has been a member of the same golf club for twenty years.

lectura .

The book club meets every Thursday afternoon at the library.

.

They went to the nightclub and were dancing until four in the morning.

.

The club lost the final by a single point in the last minute.

instituto.

My daughter wants to join the secondary school drama club.

.

The club lost the final by a single goal.

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