Translation
beach
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Word origin
From Late Latin plagia ('shore, coast'), from Greek plagios ('slanting, sideways'). The same root gives English plagal.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- plagios
- English cognates
- plagal
Grammar
Examples
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We spent the day at the beach.
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This beach has fine white sand.
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We go to the beach by bike.
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We stayed at the beach until the sun went down.
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The beaches in the north have much colder water.
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Spanish Conditional Tense: me gustaría and Polite Requests
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Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect
Spanish Compound Prepositions: delante de, a pesar de
Spanish Verbs with Prepositions: pensar en, soñar con
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 8: playa, negar, correo and 7 more words.