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masculine

/sulˈtan/

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Translation

sultan

Word origin

From Arabic sultan ('power, authority, ruler'), borrowed into Spanish through medieval contact with the Islamic world.

Origin
Arabic
Root
sultan
English cognates
sultan

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralsultanes

Examples

vasto imperio.

The sultan ruled a vast empire.

mármol.

The sultan lived in a marble palace.

embajadores inclinaron .

The ambassadors bowed before the sultan.

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Do you know how the last sultan died?

gran mezquita.

The sultan ordered a great mosque to be built.

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This word is part of lesson 99.