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cancelar.

to cancel, call off

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/kanθeˈlaɾ/[kãn̟.θeˈlaɾ]/kanseˈlaɾ/[kãn.seˈlaɾ]
  1. to cancel, call off

    transitive
  2. to cancel (a person deemed unacceptable)

    neologism · transitive
  3. to forget about; to scrap

    transitive
  4. to liquidate (a debt)

    transitive
  5. to pay

    Bolivia · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kros Proto-Italic *karkros Proto-Italic *kankros Latin cancer Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin cancellus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cancellārebor. Spanish cancelar Borrowed from Latin cancellāre.

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