el
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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