la

feminine

/saˈliða/

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Translation

exit; departure

Word origin

From the verb salir ('to leave, go out'), itself from Latin salire ('to leap, to jump'). The same Latin root gives English salient and somersault.

Origin: Latin
Root: salire
English cognates: salient, somersault, sally

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralsalidas

Examples

The emergency exit is on the left.

The flight departure has been delayed.

I see no other way out of this problem.

The sunrise over the sea was stunning.

We met at the cinema exit around eleven.

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This word is part of lesson 19.