universidad

/unibeɾsiˈdad/ · A2 · noun · f

university

🎓 universidad = university; English -ty becomes Spanish -dad

From Latin universitas, a whole community of teachers and scholars. English -ty words regularly map to Spanish -dad: city/ciudad, liberty/libertad, quality/calidad. All -dad nouns are feminine, so it is la universidad.

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