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/ˈtjenda/
Translation
shop, store, tent
Word origin
From Latin tenda, a noun from the verb tendere ('to stretch'), originally a stretched awning or tent and later a market stall and shop. English 'tent' comes from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tendere
- English cognates
- tent, tend, tense
Grammar
Examples
cierra .
The shop closes at nine at night on Saturdays.
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We bought the tent for the summer trip.
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That shop sells very good quality clothes.
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They opened a new shop opposite the market.
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I am popping out to the shop for bread.
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