/umiˈʎante/
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Translation
humiliating
Word origin
From humillar ('to humiliate'), from Latin humiliare, from humilis ('low, humble'), from humus ('ground').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- humilis
- English cognates
- humiliate, humble
Grammar
Masc pluralhumillantes
Examples
.
It was a humiliating defeat for the team.
crítica .
Receiving that criticism in public was humiliating.
.
He found it humiliating to have to ask for money.
fallar .
There is nothing more humiliating than failing in front of everyone.
¿ ?
Do you not find that treatment humiliating?
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