lacomputadora

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

.

I work in front of the computer all day.

.

My computer has become very slow.

archivo .

I saved the file on the office computer.

.

They bought a new computer for the children.

apagó sola .

The computer switched itself off in the middle of the meeting.

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This word is part of lesson 44.