Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/ˈrifle/

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Translation

rifle

Word origin

From English 'rifle', a name that comes from the rifling, the spiral grooves cut inside the barrel, ultimately from Old French rifler ('to scratch, to graze').

Origin
English
Root
rifle
English cognates
rifle

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralrifles

Examples

feria .

At the fair there is a stall to shoot at the target with a rifle.

dardos .

The toy rifle shoots rubber darts.

.

The museum has an old rifle from the last century.

.

They kept the rifle in a locked box.

caseta .

She won a prize at the rifle shooting booth.

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This word is part of lesson 48.