Kilo Lingo

/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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This word is part of lesson 89.