Cancelar
Example: Tuve que cancelar la reunión por un imprevisto urgente.
Definition
"Cancelar" means to officially decide that an event, appointment, or arrangement will not take place as planned. For example, in the sentence "Tuve que cancelar la reunión por un imprevisto urgente," it refers to stopping the meeting due to an unexpected urgent matter.
Etymology
The word "cancelar" comes from the Latin word "cancellare," which means 'to cross out with lines.' Originally, it referred to marking something as invalid by drawing lines through it. Did you know that this practice of 'crossing out' evolved into the modern sense of stopping or calling off plans?
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"Cancelar" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - General - (B1) - set 3", containing 113 commonly used words.
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