Reformar
Example: El gobierno decidió reformar la constitución para mejorarla.
Definition
"Reformar" means to make changes to laws, systems, or institutions, especially to improve or modernize them. For example, "El gobierno decidió reformar la constitución para mejorarla" means the government decided to reform the constitution to improve it.
Etymology
The word "reformar" comes from the Latin 'reformare,' which means 'to form again' or 'to reshape.' It combines 're-' (again) and 'formare' (to form). Did you know that "reformar" originally implied a complete reshaping, not just minor adjustments?
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"Reformar" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (B1) - set 1", containing 204 commonly used words.
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