el
masculine
/xeneɾaˈðoɾ/
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Translation
generator
Word origin
From the verb generar plus the agent suffix -dor, ultimately from Latin generare ('to beget, to produce'), from genus ('kind, race'). The same root gives English 'generate' and 'generator'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- generare
- English cognates
- generate, generator
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralgeneradores
Examples
encendió .
The generator came on when the power went out.
potente .
We need a more powerful generator for the building site.
.
The hospital has an emergency generator.
.
The noise of the generator would not let us sleep.
¿ arrancar gasolina?
Do you know how to start the petrol generator?
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