/ensaˈʝaɾ/
#4158 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to rehearse, to test
Word origin
From Late Latin exagium ('a weighing, testing'), from exigere ('to weigh out, examine'). The same root gives English 'essay' and 'assay'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- exagium
- English cognates
- essay, assay
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
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The group rehearses the play every afternoon.
.
Let us rehearse the song one more time.
científicos .
The scientists are testing a new treatment.
conviene : .
It is worth rehearsing before the concert: that way everything goes better.
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I rehearsed the speech in front of the mirror.
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