el
masculine
/ˈeko/
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Translation
echo
Word origin
From Latin echo, borrowed from Greek ēkhō ('sound, echo'), personified in myth as the nymph Echo. English 'echo' comes from the same source.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- ēkhō
- English cognates
- echo
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralecos
Examples
resonó cueva.
The echo of his voice resounded in the cave.
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I shouted and heard the echo among the mountains.
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His words found an echo among the young.
¿ túnel?
Can you hear the echo at the end of the tunnel?
asusta.
The echo of that blow still frightens me.
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