Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/soˈfa/

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Translation

sofa

Word origin

From Arabic suffa ('long bench, raised platform'), borrowed into Spanish via French and Italian.

Origin
Arabic
Root
suffa
English cognates
sofa

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralsofás

Examples

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The cat sleeps on the sofa all afternoon.

.

We bought a new sofa for the living room.

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I sat on the sofa to read a book.

cómodo .

The sofa is very comfortable and big.

.

At night we watch television on the sofa.

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This word is part of lesson 38.