frágil

/ˈfɾaxil/ · B1 · adj

fragile, weak, flimsy

🥚 frágil = fragile; both from Latin frangere, to break (as in fragment)

Spanish frágil and English fragile both come from Latin fragilis, from frangere, to break. The same root gives fragment and fraction. The stress falls on the first syllable, FRA-hil, and the g sounds like a throaty h.

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