Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/ʝip/

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Translation

jeep

Word origin

Borrowed from English 'jeep', a twentieth-century word whose exact origin is debated, popularised by the military vehicles of the 1940s.

Origin
English
Root
jeep

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraljeeps

Examples

Cruzamos .

We crossed the desert in an old jeep.

guía .

The guide's jeep had its wheels covered in mud.

¿ ?

Shall we go to the mountain in your jeep?

.

The jeeps went up the dirt track without any trouble.

aguanta .

I prefer a jeep because it copes better with bad roads.

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This word is part of lesson 82.