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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

bucle

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈbukle

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Loop/luːp/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2850 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Ella hizo un bucle alrededor del parque."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

    "The runner took a loop around the park before heading home."
As verb
  1. 1

    To form into a loop or to move in a circular path.

    "She decided to loop the ribbon around the gift."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the late Middle English period, the word may stem from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch words meaning a hinge or noose, or possibly from an Old Irish root. Over centuries, its meaning expanded from physical shapes and cords to mechanical tracks, computer programming iterations, and audio-visual reproduction.

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