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Meaning of asparagus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[asˈpa.ra.ɡʊs]

Definitions

asparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire

declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English Asparagus

Examples

“Deinde fossulās facitō, quō rādīcēs asparagī dēmittās.”

Then make little ditches to drop the asparagus roots into.

“Cōtīdiānō sermōne quaedam frequenter et nōtābilius ūsurpāsse eum [Augustum], litterae ipsius autographae ostendunt, in quibus [...] ad exprimendam festīnātae reī vēlōcitātem, celerius quam asparagī cocuntur; [...]”

That in daily conversation he [Augustus] often and famously used certain [expressions], his own handwritten letters show; among these, … to express the speed of a thing done quickly, faster than asparaguses are cooked; …

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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