oportunidad

/opoɾtuniˈdad/ · A1 · noun · f

opportunity

🚪 oportunidad = opportunity: Spanish -dad is English -ty

Same Latin root as English: ob portum, a wind blowing toward port, meaning a favorable moment. The Spanish ending -dad regularly matches English -ty (ciudad/city, universidad/university), and such nouns are feminine: la oportunidad.

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