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edad

age

noun eh-DAHD Less Common

Origin: From Latin aetas, 'period of life'.

Also means

era, epoch

Usage Note

Edad means a person's age as well as a historical era (la Edad Media, the Middle Ages). To ask someone's age use ¿qué edad tienes? or more informally ¿cuántos años tienes? — never ¿cuánta edad tienes? For a historical period, época is the more usual word.

Examples

"¿Cuál es tu edad?"

Natural Translation

What is your age?

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