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masculine

/tɾakˈtoɾ/

Line drawing of tractor
Coloured illustration of tractor
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Translation

tractor

Word origin

From Latin tractor, an agent noun from trahere ('to pull, to drag'). The same root gives English 'traction' and 'attract'.

Origin
Latin
Root
trahere
English cognates
traction, attract

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltractores

Examples

agricultor .

The farmer drives the tractor across the field.

.

We bought a new tractor for the farm.

averió .

The tractor broke down during the harvest.

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Do you know how to drive such a big tractor?

mucha .

The children watched the tractor with great curiosity.

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This word is part of lesson 94.