/bil/
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Translation
vile, despicable
Word origin
From Latin vilis ('cheap, worthless, base'). The same root gives English 'vile' and 'vilify'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vilis
- English cognates
- vile, vilify
Grammar
Masc pluralviles
Examples
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It was a vile act that nobody will forgive.
traicionó .
She betrayed him in the most despicable way.
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I cannot stand such vile people.
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How can you say something so despicable?
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The villain of the film is a vile man.
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