Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/tɾaˈxeðja/

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Translation

tragedy

Word origin

From Latin tragoedia, from Greek tragoidia ('goat song'), from tragos ('goat') plus oide ('song'). The same root gives English 'tragedy'.

Origin
Greek
Root
tragoidia
English cognates
tragedy

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluraltragedias

Examples

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The accident was a real tragedy for the town.

Shakespeare muchas comedias .

Shakespeare wrote many comedies and tragedies.

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What a tragedy to lose the house in the fire!

entristeció .

The news of the tragedy saddened the whole country.

conviertas .

Do not turn a small mistake into a tragedy.

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