Translation
fabric, cloth
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Word origin
From Latin tela ('web, warp of a loom'), from texere ('to weave'). The same root gives English 'textile' and 'texture'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tela
- English cognates
- textile, texture
Grammar
Examples
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This fabric is very soft to the touch.
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I bought three metres of cloth for the curtains.
encogido .
The fabric of the shirt has shrunk in the wash.
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What fabric is this dress made of?
tejió .
The spider wove its web between the branches.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 36, lesson 8: tela, promedio, estrecho and 7 more words.