Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/paɾaˈiso/

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Translation

paradise, heaven

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

.

This beach is a real paradise.

muchos, .

For many, paradise is a place of eternal peace.

tropical.

The island looked like a tropical paradise.

valle.

He thought he had found paradise in that valley.

¡ !

This garden is a little paradise!

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This word is part of lesson 45.