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/restawˈɾante/
Translation
restaurant
Word origin
Borrowed from French restaurant ('restoring, a restorative'), the present participle of restaurer, from Latin restaurare ('to restore'). The same root gives English restaurant and restore.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- restaurare
- English cognates
- restaurant, restore
Grammar
Examples
.
We had dinner at an Italian restaurant.
Michelin.
This restaurant has a Michelin star.
.
They opened a new restaurant by the river.
Reservé .
I booked a table at a restaurant in the centre.
cierra .
The restaurant closes on Mondays throughout the winter.
.
We had dinner at a very good restaurant near the river.
Used in
Grammar articles
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Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Relative Pronouns: que, quien, lo que, donde and cuando
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
Spanish Superlatives: El Mejor, El Mas, and the -isimo Ending
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
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