el
/ˈmundo/
Translation
world
Word origin
From Latin mundus ('world, universe'; also 'clean, neat'). The same root gave mundane.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- mundus
- English cognates
- mundane
Grammar
Examples
cuarenta.
She wants to travel all over the world before she turns forty.
.
The world has changed a lot in the last twenty years.
.
Everyone knows he is the best on the team.
primavera.
She brought her first child into the world in spring.
conectado.
We live in an increasingly connected world.
Used in
Stories
(9)Cinco mil palabras después
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El mejor café de la calle
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El perro del barrio
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Espero que vengáis
3 min read · Core 5000
La aventura de Sofía
3 min read · Core 5000
Se me cayó todo
3 min read · Core 5000
Una tarde de lluvia
3 min read · Core 1000
El primer día de Laura
4 min read · Core 1000
La cena de los Pereira
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Grammar articles
(8)Spanish Adjective Suffixes: -oso, -able, -ante, -al (famoso, aceptable, cultural)
Spanish Conditional: the 'Would' Tense, me gustaría and Polite Requests
The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive: How to Form It (the -ra and -se Endings)
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Si Clauses in Spanish: Real and Unreal Conditions (si llueve, si tuviera, si hubiera)
Spanish Superlatives: El Mejor, El Mas, and the -isimo Ending
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Regimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
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