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/paɾaˈiso/

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Translation

paradise, heaven

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Word origin

From Latin paradisus, from Greek paradeisos ('enclosed park, garden'), a borrowing from an Old Iranian word meaning 'walled enclosure'. The same root gives English 'paradise'.

Origin
Greek
Root
paradeisos
English cognates
paradise

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralparaísos

Examples

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This beach is a real paradise.

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For many, paradise is a place of eternal peace.

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The island looked like a tropical paradise.

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He thought he had found paradise in that valley.

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This garden is a little paradise!

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This word is taught in chapter 25, lesson 6: paraíso, pleno, cabaña and 7 more words.