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feminine

/ˈtjenda/

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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

Genderfeminine
Pluraltiendas

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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This word is part of lesson 13.