Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ekˈsiljo/

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Translation

exile

Word origin

From Latin exilium ('banishment'), from exul ('a banished person'). The same root gives English 'exile'.

Origin
Latin
Root
exilium
English cognates
exile

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralexilios

Examples

escritor .

The writer spent twenty years in exile.

Muchos .

Many artists left for exile during the war.

, .

From exile, he kept writing letters to his family.

.

The end of exile allowed him to return to his homeland.

marcó .

Exile shaped forever the way he saw the world.

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This word is part of lesson 87.