el

masculine

/ˈpol.βo/

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Translation

dust, powder

Word origin

From Latin pulvis ('dust, powder'). The same root gives English powder, pulverise and pollen.

Origin: Latin
Root: pulvis
English cognates: powder, pulverise, pollen

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralpolvos

Examples

There is a lot of dust on the old table.

The wind kicked up a cloud of dust on the road.

I cleaned the dust off the windows this morning.

The doctor gave her a medicine in powder form.

His boots were full of dust after the journey.

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This word is part of lesson 28.