el
masculine
/detonaˈðoɾ/
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Translation
detonator
Word origin
From detonar ('to detonate'), from Latin detonare ('to thunder down'), a compound of de and tonare ('to thunder'). English 'detonate' shares the root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- detonare
- English cognates
- detonate
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraldetonadores
Examples
ingeniero conectó .
The engineer connected the detonator very carefully.
demolición .
In the demolition they used a remote detonator.
falló carga explotó.
The detonator failed and the charge did not go off.
.
The news was the trigger for the protests.
separada.
They kept the detonators in a separate box.
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