Kilo Lingo

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feminine

/eˈtapa/

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Translation

stage, phase, leg

Word origin

From French étape ('halting place, stage'), earlier estaple ('market, staple'), from Middle Dutch stapel ('storehouse'). The sense shifted from a place to stop to a section of a journey.

Origin
French
Root
étape

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluraletapas

Examples

.

The first leg of the journey was the hardest.

.

We are at a very important stage of the project.

ciclista .

The cyclist won the mountain stage easily.

.

Childhood is a key stage in a person's life.

cansarnos.

We are going to do the work in stages so as not to get tired.

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This word is part of lesson 54.