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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