cereal
cereal
noun seh-reh-AHL Rare
Origin: From Latin cerealis, relating to Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain.
Also means
grain
Usage Note
Cereal covers both breakfast cereal (cereales del desayuno) and agricultural grain crops such as wheat, oats, or corn. When used in the plural cereales, it commonly refers to breakfast cereals or grain crops collectively. The stress falls on the final syllable, unlike the English stress on the first.
Examples
"Desayuno cereales con leche cada mañana."
Natural Translation
I have cereal with milk every morning.

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