Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/eˈɾi.ða/

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Translation

wound, injury

Word origin

A noun from the verb herir ('to wound'), from Latin ferire ('to strike'). The English lookalike 'herd' is unrelated.

Origin
Latin
Root
ferire

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralheridas

Examples

.

The wound on his arm still hurts a lot.

.

The doctor cleaned the wound carefully.

.

After the accident he had several injuries on his legs.

tardar .

A wound like that can take weeks to close up.

profunda.

Blood was coming out of a very deep wound.

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