el
masculine
/laˈtiðo/
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Translation
heartbeat
Word origin
From the verb latir ('to beat'), traced to Latin glattire ('to yelp, bark'), the sense later extending from a dog's yelp to the throb of the heart.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- glattire
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Plurallatidos
Examples
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I felt the beating of my heart.
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The doctor listened to the baby's heartbeat.
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His heart gave a strong beat.
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The heartbeat quickened out of fear.
sonaba .
Each heartbeat sounded in the silence.
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