experimentar

/eɡspeɾimenˈtaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to experience

🧪 Experimentar = experiment + -ar; Spanish uses one verb to test AND to feel

From Latin experiri, to try or test, the same root as experience and expert. In Spanish, a scientist experimenta in the lab, and anyone experimenta a feeling: trying something and living through it share one verb.

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