Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/inˈtɾuso/

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Translation

intruder

Word origin

From Latin intrusus, the past participle of intrudere ('to thrust in'), from in- ('in') plus trudere ('to thrust').

Origin
Latin
Root
intrudere
English cognates
intrude, intrusion

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralintrusos

Examples

ladró .

The dog barked when it detected an intruder in the garden.

.

The alarm went off and the intruder ran away.

intrusa .

She felt like an intruder at that family gathering.

cualquier .

The system blocks any intruder on the network.

.

Nobody knew how the intruder had got into the house.

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This word is part of lesson 67.