holgura

f.

1 room.

2 comfort, affluence.

vivir con holgura to be comfortably off

3 looseness, ease, easiness, roominess.

4 slack.

5 bearing clearance.

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holgura

► nombre femenino

1 (ropa) looseness

2 (espacio) room, spaciousness

■ cabíamos con holgura there was plenty of room for us

3 TÉCNICA play

4 figurado (bienestar) affluence, comfort

■ viven con holgura they live comfortably, they are well-off

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SF

1) (=anchura) (Cos) looseness, fullness; (Mec) play, free movement

2) (=bienestar) comfortable living

vivir con holgura — to live comfortably

3) † (=goce) enjoyment; (=alegría) merriment, merrymaking

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femenino

a) (bienestar económico)

vivir con holgura — to live comfortably

b) (comodidad)

ganaron con holgura — they won easily o comfortably

c) (de prenda) fullness, looseness

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= slack, looseness of fit, play, end-play [endplay].

Ex. Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.

Ex. Provided that key people are not being circumvented by the informal structure a certain looseness of fit is quite acceptable.

Ex. He also noticed that the freewheel had a few millimeters of rotational play and about a millimeter of lateral play.

Ex. This special tool has been designed to measure the end-play movement of crankshafts.

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femenino

a) (bienestar económico)

vivir con holgura — to live comfortably

b) (comodidad)

ganaron con holgura — they won easily o comfortably

c) (de prenda) fullness, looseness

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= slack, looseness of fit, play, end-play [endplay].

Ex: Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.

Ex: Provided that key people are not being circumvented by the informal structure a certain looseness of fit is quite acceptable.

Ex: He also noticed that the freewheel had a few millimeters of rotational play and about a millimeter of lateral play.

Ex: This special tool has been designed to measure the end-play movement of crankshafts.

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holgura

feminine

1

(bienestar económico): vivir con holgura to live comfortably

2

(comodidad): ganaron con holgura they won easily o comfortably

aprobó el curso con holgura she sailed through the course

3 (de una prenda) fullness, looseness

este fruncido le da holgura a la manga these gathers make the sleeve fuller

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holgura sustantivo femenino

a) (bienestar económico, comodidad):

◊ vivir con holgura to live comfortably

b) (de prenda) fullness, looseness

holgura sustantivo femenino
1 (de un vestido) looseness
2 (espacio, amplitud) space, room
Téc (de una tuerca, pieza, etc) play, give
3 (desahogo, bienestar económico) affluence, comfort
'holgura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desahogo
English:
clearance
- coast
- play

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holgura nf

1. [de ropa] bagginess, looseness

2. [entre piezas] play, give

3. [comodidad]

vencieron con holgura they won easily

4. [bienestar]

vivir con holgura to be comfortably off;

ahora que tenemos dos sueldos viviremos con más holgura we'll be able to live more comfortably now we've got two salaries coming in

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holgura

f

1 (sin dificultad) ease

2 de ropa looseness

3 TÉC play

4

:

vivir con holgura live comfortably

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holgura nf

1) : looseness

2) comodidad: comfort, ease