diseñar

/diseˈɲaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to design

📐✏️ di + seña (sign, mark): to mark out a plan, a cousin of English design

From Latin designare, to mark out: de- plus signare, to mark. Spanish seña (sign) is in the middle, and the ñ stands where English design has its silent g.

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