el
masculine
/ˈkuβo/
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Translation
bucket, cube
Word origin
From Latin cupa ('cask, tub') for the vessel sense, later merging with Latin cubus ('a die, cube') from Greek kubos for the geometric sense.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cupa
- English cognates
- cube, cupola
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralcubos
Examples
Llené .
I filled the bucket with water to clean the floor.
.
The children build castles with a bucket on the beach.
.
A cube has six equal faces.
.
The rubbish bin is full.
plástico.
Keep the tools in that plastic bucket.
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