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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

recambio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /reˈkam.bjo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Refill/ˈriː.fɪl/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Compré un recambio para mi bolígrafo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of filling something again, or an amount or item used to replace the contents of a container.

    "I need to get a refill for my favorite pen."
As verb
  1. 1

    To fill something again with a substance or material.

    "The waiter was quick to refill our water glasses."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix re- (expressing repetition or restoration) combined with the verb fill, originating from Old English fyllan. The term gained prominence with the rise of mass manufacturing and container reuse practices in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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