/natuˈɾal/
Translation
natural
Word origin
From Latin naturalis ('by birth, according to nature'), from natura ('nature'), from nasci ('to be born'). The same root gives English natural and nature.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- naturalis
- English cognates
- natural, nature
Grammar
Examples
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It is very natural to feel afraid at this moment.
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Her hair has a very pretty natural colour.
bebidas .
I prefer still water to sweet drinks.
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Her way of speaking sounds very natural and calm.
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It is natural for a father to want to see his children.
Used in
Grammar articles
(21)Spanish Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Spanish Adverbs of Place, Time and Degree (aquí, todavía, muy vs mucho)
Spanish Adverbs in -mente: How to Build Them and When to Avoid Them
Spanish Causative Verbs: hacer, dejar, mandar + Infinitive (me hizo esperar, le hice arreglar el coche)
Spanish Collocations: tomar una decisión, hacer una pregunta, cometer un error
Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Spanish Future Tense: ir a + Infinitive and the Inflectional Future
Spanish Fixed Similes: dormir como un tronco, más bueno que el pan, terco como una mula
The Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive: How to Form It (the -ra and -se Endings)
The Spanish Infinitive as a Noun and After Prepositions (antes de salir, al llegar)
Spanish Nosotros Commands: the 'Let's...' Form
The Passive se and the Impersonal se in Spanish (se venden casas, se habla español)
The Passive with ser in Spanish (fue escrito por, fueron construidas)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Reported Questions and Commands in Spanish (me preguntó si, me dijo que viniera)
The Spanish Accidental se (se me cayó, se me olvidó)
Spanish Set Phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar (tener ganas, echar de menos, hacer falta)
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
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