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feminine
/komputaˈðoɾa/
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Translation
computer
Word origin
From computar ('to compute'), from Latin computare ('to count, reckon'), from con ('together') plus putare ('to reckon'). The same root gives English 'computer' and 'compute'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- computare
- English cognates
- computer, compute
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralcomputadoras
Examples
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I work in front of the computer all day.
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My computer has become very slow.
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I saved the file on the office computer.
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They bought a new computer for the children.
sola .
The computer switched itself off in the middle of the meeting.
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