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masculine

/tɾaiˈðoɾ/

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Translation

traitor (male)

Word origin

From Latin traditor ('one who hands over, betrayer'), from tradere ('to hand over, to deliver'), from trans ('across') plus dare ('to give'). The same root gives English 'traitor' and 'tradition'.

Origin
Latin
Root
traditor
English cognates
traitor, tradition

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltraidores

Examples

.

They called him a traitor for revealing the secret.

, .

In the film, the traitor hands the plan to the enemy.

.

Nobody trusts a traitor.

¡ ! verte.

You are a traitor! I do not want to see you again.

.

The king punished the traitors of the kingdom.

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This word is part of lesson 37.