Kilo Lingo

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feminine

/limoˈnaða/

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Translation

lemonade

Word origin

From limón ('lemon') plus the suffix -ada. Limón itself came into Spanish from Arabic laymun, ultimately of Persian origin.

Origin
Spanish
Root
limon
English cognates
lemonade, lemon

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Plurallimonadas

Examples

.

In summer I make nice cold lemonade.

¿ ?

Would you like a glass of lemonade?

.

The children were selling lemonade on the corner.

.

This lemonade has too much sugar.

.

I had a lemonade while I waited.

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This word is part of lesson 83.