🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

cónyuge

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cónyuge

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Spouse/spaʊs/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Cada cónyuge tiene derecho a la mitad de los bienes."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner.

    "Both the employee and their spouse are invited to the annual company dinner."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'spouse' originates from the Latin 'sponsus', meaning 'betrothed' or 'promised'. It evolved through Old French 'espous', which referred to a married person, and has been used in English since the 14th century to denote a partner in marriage.

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