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fondo

bottom

noun FOHN-doh Common
Descriptions & Qualities Manner

Origin: From Latin fundus (bottom, base).

Also means

background, fund

Usage Note

Fondo has several important uses: the bottom of a container (el fondo del mar, the seabed), the background of an image (el fondo de pantalla, wallpaper/screensaver), financial reserves (fondos de inversión, investment funds), and depth of a space (al fondo del pasillo, at the end of the corridor). The phrase en el fondo means 'deep down' or 'at heart.' A fondo means 'thoroughly.'

Examples

"Hay una caja al fondo del armario."

Natural Translation

There is a box at the back of the wardrobe.

Literal Translation

There-is a box at-the back of-the wardrobe

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