extraer

/eɡstɾaˈeɾ/ · B2 · verb

to extract

🦷 ex + traer: bring out, the way a dentist pulls a tooth

From Latin ex (out) + trahere (to pull), the same root as extract and tractor. Spanish traer means to bring, so extraer literally means to bring out. Stress the last syllable: eks-tra-ER.

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