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masculine

/maɾkaˈðoɾ/

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Translation

marker, scoreboard

Word origin

From marcar ('to mark') plus the agent suffix -dor. Marcar comes from marca ('mark, sign'), of Germanic origin. The same root gives English 'mark'.

Origin
Spanish
Root
marcar
English cognates
mark

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralmarcadores

Examples

.

The scoreboard read two to one.

.

He wrote the title with a red marker pen.

¿ prestas pizarra?

Will you lend me a marker for the whiteboard?

perderla.

I put a marker on the page so as not to lose it.

.

The scoreboard stayed at zero until the end of the match.

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This word is part of lesson 87.