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feminine
/pɾostituˈθjon/
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Translation
prostitution
Word origin
From Latin prostitutio, from prostituere ('to expose publicly'), from pro ('before') plus statuere ('to set up'). The same root gives English 'prostitution' and 'statute'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- prostituere
- English cognates
- prostitution, statute
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralprostituciones
Examples
regulada .
Prostitution is regulated differently in each country.
perspectiva .
The study analyses prostitution from a social perspective.
muchos .
In many places prostitution remains a subject of legal debate.
historiadores escrito .
Historians have written about prostitution in antiquity.
afectadas .
The law seeks to protect the people affected by prostitution.
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