Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ˈkole/

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Translation

school

Word origin

Colloquial shortening of colegio, from Latin collegium ('community, society'), from collega ('colleague').

Origin
Latin
Root
collegium
English cognates
college, colleague

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcoles

Examples

.

The kids have already gone to school.

.

My daughter starts school next week.

Recojo .

I pick the little ones up from school at five.

muchos .

We made lots of friends at school.

¿ ?

What time do you get out of school today?

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This word is part of lesson 45.