examinar
/eɡsamiˈnaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to examine
🔍 Sounds like examine-ar: examine with the Spanish -ar verb ending
From Latin examinare, to weigh or test, from examen, the tongue of a balance. English examine comes from the same root, so swap the ending for -ar. The x sounds like gs, as in eggs-a-mee-NAR.