/distiŋˈɡiɾ/
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Translation
to distinguish, to tell apart
Word origin
From Latin distinguere ('to separate, to mark off'), from dis- ('apart') plus stinguere ('to prick'). The same root gives English 'distinguish' and 'distinct'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- distinguere
- English cognates
- distinguish, distinct
Grammar
Verb type-ir regular
Examples
gemelos.
It is hard to tell the two twin brothers apart.
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From here I cannot make out the letters.
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One must distinguish between the urgent and the important.
buen especias .
A good cook knows how to tell the spices apart by their smell.
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Can you tell blue from green in this light?
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