el
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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