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
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She wants to travel all over the world before she turns forty.
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The world has changed a lot in the last twenty years.
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Everyone knows he is the best on the team.
primer .
She brought her first child into the world in spring.
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We live in an increasingly connected world.
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Grammar articles
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Spanish Conditional: the 'Would' Tense, me gustaría and Polite Requests
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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 Más, and the -ísimo Ending
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Régimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
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