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filtro

filter

noun FEEL-troh Rare
Home & Lifestyle Utensils

Origin: from Medieval Latin filtrum, 'felt cloth used for straining'

Also means

love potion

Usage Note

Filtro refers to a filter in both the literal sense (a coffee filter, a water filter, an air filter) and the figurative sense (a social media filter, an editorial filter). Its secondary meaning of 'love potion' survives mainly in literary and historical contexts (beber el filtro de amor, 'to drink the love potion'). The verb filtrar ('to filter') and filtrarse ('to leak, to seep through') are widely used.

Examples

"Cambia el filtro del aire cada tres meses."

Natural Translation

Change the air filter every three months.

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