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museo

muséo with stress marks

museum

noun mu-SE-o Spanish origin Less Common

Usage Note

Museo comes from Spanish museo and refers to a museum. Philippine museums often focus on national history, indigenous culture, and the arts, with the National Museum complex in Manila serving as a major cultural landmark; school field trips to the museo are a common childhood experience.

Examples

Beginner

" Pumunta kami sa museo. "

Natural Translation

We went to the museum.

Literal Translation

Went we to museum.

Intermediate

" Marami kaming natutunan tungkol sa kasaysayan nang bumisita kami sa museo. "

Natural Translation

We learned a lot about history when we visited the museum.

Literal Translation

Many we learned about to history when visited we to museum.

Advanced

" Sa loob ng museo, nakita namin ang mga sinaunang kasangkapang ginamit ng ating mga ninuno bago pa dumating ang mga dayuhan. "

Natural Translation

Inside the museum, we saw the ancient tools our ancestors used even before the foreigners arrived.

Literal Translation

In inside of museum, saw we the [mga] ancient tools used by-the our [mga] ancestor before even arrived the [mga] foreigner.

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