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feminine

/enˈmjenda/

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Translation

amendment

Word origin

From the verb enmendar, from Latin emendare ('to correct'), formed from ex ('out of') plus menda ('fault, blemish').

Origin
Latin
Root
emendare
English cognates
amend, emend, mend

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralenmiendas

Examples

congreso .

Congress approved an amendment to the education law.

texto.

The amendment completely changed the meaning of the text.

¿ propuso ?

Who proposed this amendment to the bill?

diputados .

The members of parliament discussed the amendment for hours.

, norma .

Without that amendment, the rule would have been unfair.

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This word is part of lesson 88.