material

/mateˈɾjal/ · A2 · adj

material

🧱 Same word as English material: from Latin materia, matter or timber

Spanish material and English material are cognates from Latin materialis, of matter. Stress moves to the last syllable: ma-te-RIAL. As an adjective it means physical or tangible, as in daños materiales, material damage.

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