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masculine

/moniˈtoɾ/

Line drawing of monitor
Coloured illustration of monitor
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Translation

monitor, screen, instructor

Word origin

From Latin monitor ('one who warns or advises'), from monere ('to warn, to remind'). The same root gives English 'monitor', 'admonish' and 'monument'.

Origin
Latin
Root
monitor
English cognates
monitor, admonish, monument

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralmonitores

Examples

ordenador .

The computer monitor has gone black.

esquí frenar.

The ski instructor taught us how to brake.

aparecen .

The data appears on the screen in real time.

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Who is the camp instructor this summer?

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I bought a bigger monitor to work better.

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This word is part of lesson 78.