El mundo
Example: El mundo está lleno de lugares interesantes para visitar.
Definition
"El mundo" refers to the Earth as a whole, including all countries, people, and natural features. It encompasses everything that exists on the planet and is commonly used to talk about global or universal concepts, like in the phrase 'El mundo está lleno de lugares interesantes para visitar.'
Etymology
The phrase "el mundo" comes from Spanish, where "mundo" means 'world.' The word "mundo" originates from the Latin word 'mundus,' which meant 'clean,' 'neat,' and later came to mean 'the universe' or 'world.' Did you know that ancient Romans used 'mundus' to refer to the cosmos as an ordered, harmonious place?
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"El mundo" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - General - (A2) - set 1", containing 125 commonly used words.
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