el

masculine

/desaˈʝuno/

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Translation

breakfast

Word origin

From the verb desayunar, formed from des- (reversal) plus ayuno ('fast'), from Latin ieiunium ('a fast, abstinence from food'). Breakfast is literally the breaking of the fast.

Origin: Latin
Root: ieiunium
English cognates: jejune

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraldesayunos

Examples

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

I have coffee with milk for breakfast.

The hotel breakfast is very good.

juntos.

We are going to make breakfast together.

I do not have time for breakfast in the morning.

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This word is part of lesson 29.