el
masculine
/eleβaˈðoɾ/
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Translation
lift, elevator
Word origin
From elevar ('to raise'), from Latin elevare, from e- plus levare ('to lift'), with the agent suffix -dor. The same root gives English 'elevate' and 'elevator'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- elevare
- English cognates
- elevate, elevator
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralelevadores
Examples
averiado .
The lift in the hotel was out of order and we went up the stairs.
México ascensor.
In Mexico they usually say elevador instead of ascensor.
¿ ?
Do you know on which floor the lift stops?
carga muebles .
A goods hoist takes the furniture up to the top floor.
.
We waited for the lift for almost ten minutes.
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