Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/liˈmon/

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Translation

lemon

Word origin

From Arabic laymun, itself from Persian limun. The fruit and its name reached Spanish through Al-Andalus.

Origin
Arabic
Root
laymun
English cognates
lemon, lime

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Plurallimones

Examples

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I like water with lemon in the morning.

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The lemon is too sour for me.

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Can you buy some lemons at the market?

Exprimí .

I squeezed half a lemon over the fish.

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The lemon tree is full of fruit this year.

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This word is part of lesson 68.