Kilo Lingo

/inapɾoˈpjaðo/

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Translation

inappropriate

Word origin

From the prefix in- ('not') plus apropiado ('appropriate'), from Latin appropriare ('to make one's own').

Origin
Latin
Root
appropriare
English cognates
inappropriate, appropriate

Grammar

Feminineinapropiada
Masc pluralinapropiados
Fem pluralinapropiadas

Examples

comentario .

His comment was totally inappropriate.

.

That dress is inappropriate for an interview.

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She made an inappropriate joke in front of the children.

¿ tono ?

Don't you think that tone is inappropriate?

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Using your phone here is inappropriate.

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This word is part of lesson 83.