Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ˈiɣaðo/

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Translation

liver

Word origin

From Latin ficatum ('liver stuffed with figs'), from ficus ('fig'). The Latin dish name replaced the older word iecur across the Romance languages.

Origin
Latin
Root
ficatum

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralhigados

Examples

.

The liver cleans the blood in the body.

.

The doctor says my liver is healthy.

.

It is not good for the liver to drink so much.

sirvieron .

For dinner they served liver with onion.

¿ ?

Do you know where the liver is in the body?

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This word is part of lesson 54.