el

masculine

/desˈtino/

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Translation

destiny; destination

Word origin

From Latin destinare ('to make firm, determine, appoint'). The same root gives English destiny, destination and obstinate.

Origin: Latin
Root: destinare
English cognates: destiny, destination, obstinate

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraldestinos

Examples

Madrid.

Our destination is Madrid.

I think destiny brought us together.

Each of us is master of our own destiny.

We changed destination and went to the mountains instead.

The parcel reached its destination three days later.

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This word is part of lesson 19.