trágico

/ˈtɾaxiko/ · B1 · adj

tragic

🎭 Same root as English tragic and tragedy: Greek tragikos, of tragedy

trágico is a cognate of tragic, so the meaning carries straight over. Greek tragōidia (tragedy) literally meant goat-song. The stress falls on TRA, and the g sounds like a breathy h: TRA-hee-ko.

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