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Question

In my Spanish Learning Book, it mentions English Words with two or even three different translations. For example, it says, pupil: estudiante, and alumno. Why is it so? Please help me out! Thanks!!

Answer 1

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If you mean that "is there any difference between these three words in implying at "student", it can be said in reply, "almost no".

I mean, there are some particular differences here, but they are not imporntant in their implying at "student". for example, maybe in some spanish country "pupil" is most used of school student, whereas "alumno" is more used for university student. and the word "estudiante" is somehow general in the case.

also, you know, "Estudiante" is out of gender; I mean it can be used in this form for both male and female, but we have "alumno" for masculin and "alumna" for feminin.

see dictionaries and other references for more certain information.

Answer 2

Flip it around. Why does English have multiple words that mean estudiante? Sometimes we say pupil, sometimes we say student. We might even say scholar. They're called synonyms, and most languages have them.

Answer 3

What's your question?