Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/ˈɡera/

Line drawing of guerra
Coloured illustration of guerra
#348 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

war

Word origin

From a Germanic root werra ('strife, quarrel'), adopted because Latin bellum had become awkward in the Romance languages. English 'war' shares the same Germanic source.

Origin
Germanic
Root
werra
English cognates
war, guerrilla

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Examples

causó sufrimiento .

The war caused enormous suffering to the population.

.

My grandfather fought in the war and came back wounded.

.

We must do everything possible to avoid war.

.

The two brothers have been at war for years over the family house.

, barrio.

After the war, they rebuilt the houses of the neighbourhood.

muchos .

The two brothers have been at war for many years.

, tardó normalidad.

After the war, the city took years to return to normal.

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 7.