Today's
word is: Cubo
Clase: sustantivo
(noun)
Género: masculino
(masculine)
Origen: latín
(Latin)In Spanish, “cubo” is a masculine noun of Latin origin which means bucket or pail and is used as in:
- Un cubo de agua (a bucket of water)
The noun “cubo”
may also mean cube, as in:
- El cubo es una figura geométrica (a cube is a geometrical figure)
- El cubo de 2 es 8 (the cube of 2 is 8)
The description word/
adjective “cúbico”/
“cúbica” is a related
word meaning cubic, and used as in:
- Ahorramos varios metros cúbicos de agua al año (we save several cubic metres of water per year)
The
action word/ verb “cubicar”
is also a related word meaning to cube
or determine
a volume,
and is used as in:
- Tuvieron que cubicar la piscina (they had to determine the volume of the pool)
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “cubo”
are:
- Al cubo (cubed/ to the power of 3)
- 2 al cubo es igual a 8 (2 to the power of 3 is equal to 8)
- Cubo de la basura (rubbish bin/ trash can)
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "cubo"
in the YouTube clip: CALO - El Cubo
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