Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ˈlitɾo/

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Translation

litre

Word origin

From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Greek litra, an old unit of weight.

Origin
French
Root
litra
English cognates
litre

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Plurallitros

Examples

.

I bought a litre of milk at the shop.

kilómetros.

The car uses eight litres every hundred kilometres.

receta.

We need two litres of water for the recipe.

capacidad .

The bottle has a capacity of half a litre.

¿ gasolina ?

How many litres of petrol shall I put in?

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