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aleatorio

random

adjective ah-leh-ah-TOH-ryoh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Degree

Origin: From Latin aleatorius (of dice-playing), from alea (dice, chance).

Also means

chance

Usage Note

Aleatorio is the standard term for 'random' in Spanish, used in mathematics, computing, and everyday speech. The Latin root alea (dice) is the same in Julius Caesar's famous phrase alea iacta est (the die is cast). In statistics and computing, número aleatorio (random number) and acceso aleatorio (random access) are standard technical terms.

Examples

"El resultado fue completamente aleatorio."

Natural Translation

The result was completely random.

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