/ˈbano/
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Translation
vain, futile
Word origin
From Latin vanus ('empty, void').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vanus
- English cognates
- vain, vanity, evanescent
Grammar
Femininevana
Masc pluralvanos
Fem pluralvanas
Examples
.
All his efforts turned out to be futile.
.
It was an empty promise that he never kept.
convencerla, .
We tried to convince her, but it was in vain.
¿ gesto ?
Doesn't it seem like a vain and pointless gesture to you?
aferraba .
She clung to the vain hope of returning.
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