Translation Dictionary
English?spanish (dictionnaire) : a : una, en, alguno, alguien, cierto, por, un -- a few : unas, unos -- a little : bastante, un poco, poco, poquito -- a lot of : mucho -- abacus : baco -- abaft : hacia popa, tras -- abandon : expedir, abandonar -- abandon ship : aflojar, descontar -- abandoned : abandonado -- abandonee : desamparado, abandonado -- abandonment : abdicaci¢n -- abase : humillar -- abasement : humillacion, humillaci¢n -- abash : desconcertar, confundir, ave...
Thesis (Ph. D.)- University of California, 1914; Bibliography: p. 110-112
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