Kilo Lingo

/umiˈʎaɾ/

Line drawing of humillar
Coloured illustration of humillar
#4994 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to humiliate

Word origin

From Latin humiliare, from humilis ('lowly'), itself from humus ('ground, earth').

Origin
Latin
Root
humiliare
English cognates
humble, humility, humiliate

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Examples

.

It is not right to humiliate anyone in front of others.

alumnos.

The teacher never wanted to humiliate his pupils.

rieron .

He felt humiliated when everyone laughed at him.

¿ ?

Why are you trying to humiliate your own brother?

Criticar sirve .

Criticising in public like that only serves to humiliate.

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 100.