paraíso

/paɾaˈiso/ · B1 · noun · m

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🌴🏝️ Para + ISO: paradise from Greek paradeisos, a walled garden

From Greek paradeisos, borrowed from Old Persian pairidaeza: pairi (around) + daeza (wall), so a walled garden. English paradise has the same root, and the Spanish keeps most of it: para-í-so.

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