dinamita

/dinaˈmita/ · B2 · noun · f

dynamite

dinamita — dynamite

🧨 dinamita = dynamite: Spanish keeps the same 'dyna-' power root, just ends in -ita

Dinamita comes from Greek dynamis, meaning power or force, the same root as English dynamic and dynamite. Alfred Nobel coined the term in the 1860s. Say it as dee-nah-MEE-tah, with the stress on MI.

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