marine

/maˈɾin/ · B1 · noun · mf

marine

🪖⚓ Borrowed from English marine, from Latin marinus, of the sea (Spanish mar)

Spanish uses marine only for a US or UK marine. Its own word for a navy infantry soldier is infante de marina. The root mar (sea) is the same one in marina, marinero and mar.

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