trofeo

/tɾoˈfeo/ · B1 · noun · m

trophy

🏆 trofeo = trophy; same Greek root, tropaion, a marker of the enemy's rout

Greek tropaion comes from trope, a turning. It was a monument raised where the enemy turned and fled. Spanish kept it as trofeo and English as trophy. The ending -eo is a hint that the word is masculine: el trofeo.

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