la
feminine
/esˈki.na/
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Translation
corner (street)
Word origin
From a Germanic source, Gothic skina ('shinbone, thin strip'), borrowed into Hispano-Romance with the sense of an angle or corner.
- Origin
- Gothic
- Root
- skina
- English cognates
- shin
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralesquinas
Examples
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The bar is on the corner of my street.
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I am waiting for you on the corner, do not be late.
barrio.
There is a shop on every corner of the neighbourhood.
Dobla .
Turn right at the next corner.
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We saw a strange man on the corner.
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