Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/es.tɾukˈtuɾa/

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Translation

structure

Word origin

From Latin structura ('a fitting together, a building'), from struere ('to pile up, to build'). The same root gives English 'structure' and 'construct'.

Origin
Latin
Root
structura
English cognates
structure, construct

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralestructuras

Examples

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The structure of the bridge withstood the earthquake without damage.

entregarlo.

We must improve the structure of this report before handing it in.

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The social structure of the country has changed a great deal.

¿ ?

Do you understand the basic structure of a sentence in Spanish?

jerárquica.

The company has a very hierarchical structure.

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This word is part of lesson 54.