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
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The emergency exit is on the left.
retrasado.
The flight departure has been delayed.
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I see no other way out of this problem.
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The sunrise over the sea was stunning.
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We met at the cinema exit around eleven.
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