el
masculine
/faks/
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Translation
fax
Word origin
A shortening of the English 'facsimile', itself from Latin fac simile ('make it similar'). The word entered Spanish as a loanword with the technology.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- facsimile
- English cognates
- facsimile, simile
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralfaxes
Examples
, envíame .
Please send me the contract by fax.
.
The office still has an old fax machine in a corner.
documentos .
We received the fax with all the documents this morning.
¿ ?
What is your fax number?
electrónico, mandaba .
Before email, everything was sent by fax.
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