Kilo Lingo

/maɾˈkaɾ/

Line drawing of marcar
Coloured illustration of marcar
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Translation

to mark; to dial; to score

Word origin

From Italian marcare or a related Germanic source meaning 'to mark out a boundary', from the same root as marca ('mark, brand'). The English 'mark' shares this Germanic origin.

Origin
Germanic
Root
mark
English cognates
mark, marque

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular (spelling change c to qu before e)

Examples

.

Mark the correct answer with a cross.

Marqué .

I dialled the number but nobody answered.

.

Our team scored two goals in the second half.

.

The clock reads three o'clock exactly.

¿ ?

Do you want to mark the page where we are reading?

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This word is part of lesson 49.