Kilo Lingo

/rekoˈreɾ/

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Translation

to travel

Word origin

From Latin recurrere ('to run back'), from re- ('again, back') plus currere ('to run'). The same root currere gives English 'current' and 'course'.

Origin
Latin
Root
recurrere
English cognates
recur, course

Grammar

Verb type-er regular

Examples

.

We are going to travel around the whole city on foot.

cientos .

The train covers hundreds of kilometres every day.

.

I like to go round the small villages on the coast.

¿ ?

How long does it take you to cover that distance?

.

We went round the entire museum in two hours.

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This word is part of lesson 50.