disfrutar

/disfɾuˈtaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to enjoy

🍓 dis-FRUT-ar: fruit is inside — to enjoy is to take the fruit of something

From Latin fructus (fruit, enjoyment), the same root as English fruit and fruition. To disfrutar is literally to pick the fruit off something and savour it. Note: disfrutar de algo = to enjoy something.

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