reflejar

/refleˈxaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to reflect

🪞 re-flejar sounds like re-FLEX-ar: a mirror flexes light back at you

Spanish reflejar matches English reflect, both from Latin reflectere, meaning to bend back. The stem flej- echoes flex, so a mirror flexes light back. Link re (back) plus flej (bend) to remember it.

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