Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/ˈtɾawma/

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Translation

trauma

Word origin

From Greek trauma ('wound'), taken into Spanish through medical Latin. The original sense of a bodily wound broadened to include psychological injury.

Origin
Greek
Root
trauma
English cognates
traumatic

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltraumas

Examples

arrastra.

The accident left him with a trauma that he still carries.

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Talking to a professional helps to overcome a trauma.

Muchos sanar .

Many childhood traumas can heal with time.

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She does not want to remember that day because of the trauma it caused her.

cuesta .

Emotional trauma is sometimes harder to heal than a physical wound.

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This word is part of lesson 55.