el
masculine
/teleˈɣɾama/
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Translation
telegram
Word origin
A modern coinage from Greek tele ('far') plus gramma ('something written'), formed on the model of telegraph.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- tele + gramma
- English cognates
- telegram, telegraph, grammar
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraltelegramas
Examples
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He received a telegram with the news of the wedding.
, tardaba .
In those days, a telegram took a day to arrive.
Mandó .
She sent an urgent telegram to her family.
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The telegram had only ten words.
¿ ?
Can you still send a telegram nowadays?
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