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/kon/

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Translation

with

Word origin

From Latin cum ('with'). The same root gives the English prefix com- and con- in words like combine and connect.

Origin
Latin
Root
cum
English cognates
combine, connect

Examples

.

I am going to the cinema with my brother tonight.

¿ lata ?

Can you open the tin with this knife?

, , .

Speak calmly, please, I can't understand anything when you shout.

cajón.

She cut it with a knife she had in the drawer.

muchísima paciencia .

She works with great patience and always gets good results.

Con is one of the most common Spanish prepositions, covering accompaniment ("with someone"), instrument ("with a knife"), and manner ("with calm"). It does not contract with the following article the way Italian or Portuguese do: con el, con la, con los, con las stay as two words.

When con precedes , ti, or it fuses into the special pronoun forms conmigo, contigo, consigo. Worth memorising as a unit: "¿Vienes conmigo?" - "Are you coming with me?"

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