🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

emocionante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: emocionante

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Thrilling/ˈθrɪlɪŋ/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3420 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El partido de fútbol estuvo muy emocionante."

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Causing excitement and pleasure; extremely exciting.

    "The roller coaster ride was absolutely thrilling."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'thrill', which comes from Old English 'þyrlian' meaning 'to pierce, drill', shifting in the 16th century to mean 'to pierce with emotion', and by the 19th century to mean 'excite'.

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