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el

masculine

/telesˈkopjo/

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Translation

telescope

Word origin

From Greek teleskopos, from tele ('far') plus skopein ('to look at'). The same skopein gives English 'microscope' and 'scope'.

Origin
Greek
Root
teleskopos
English cognates
telescope, scope

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltelescopios

Examples

Saturno.

With the telescope we could see the rings of Saturn.

astrónomo .

The astronomer adjusted the telescope before nightfall.

¿ ?

Will you let me look at the moon through your telescope?

.

I bought a small telescope to observe the stars.

espacial captó galaxias .

The space telescope captured images of distant galaxies.

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