adecuado

Meaning

suitable, appropriate

Example

It is the right moment to ask for a transfer.

A way to remember it

English "adequate" is its cousin, from Latin adaequare "to make equal": equal to the need means "suitable"; not educado "polite"

Word forms

More words at level B2

• advertir to warn; to notice
• agilizar to speed up, to streamline
• ajeno other people's, unrelated
• amenaza threat
• ampliar to extend, to expand
• asequible affordable
• asimismo likewise, also
• asumir to take on, to assume

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