laguna

f.

1 lagoon (lago).

2 gap.

3 blank, void, gap, lacuna.

4 Laguna.

5 loophole.

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laguna

► nombre femenino

1 small lake, lagoon

2 figurado (de conocimiento) gap; (de la memoria) memory lapse

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SF

1) (Geog) [en el interior] pool; [en la costa] lagoon

2) [en conocimientos] gap

sabe bien el inglés, pero tiene muchas lagunas — he knows English well but has many gaps

laguna legal — (legal) loophole, loophole in the law

3) [en libro, manuscrito] gap, lacuna frm

4) [en proceso] hiatus, gap, break

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femenino

1) (de agua dulce) lake, pool; (de agua salada) lagoon

2)

a) (vacío, imperfección) gap

las lagunas de la legislación — the omissions in the legislation

b) (en la memoria) memory lapse

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- laguna jurídica

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= gap, pond, loophole, lagoon, gaping hole.

Ex. New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.

Ex. This article deals with the design of a computerised information system for managing ponds and lakes resources at the state level.

Ex. Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.

Ex. The author describes a technique for processing the collected data concerning water, particulate and sediments in the lagoon of Venice.

Ex. Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.

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* cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.

* cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.

* laguna informativa = information gap.

* laguna legal = loophole.

* lagunas = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.].

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femenino

1) (de agua dulce) lake, pool; (de agua salada) lagoon

2)

a) (vacío, imperfección) gap

las lagunas de la legislación — the omissions in the legislation

b) (en la memoria) memory lapse

•

- laguna jurídica

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= gap, pond, loophole, lagoon, gaping hole.

Ex: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.

Ex: This article deals with the design of a computerised information system for managing ponds and lakes resources at the state level.

Ex: Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.

Ex: The author describes a technique for processing the collected data concerning water, particulate and sediments in the lagoon of Venice.

Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.

* cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.

* cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.

* laguna informativa = information gap.

* laguna legal = loophole.

* lagunas = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.].

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laguna

feminine

A (de agua dulce) lake, pool; (de agua salada) lagoon

B

1 (vacío, imperfección) gap, lacuna (frml)

este caso demuestra las lagunas que existen en nuestra legislación this case demonstrates the lacunae o the omissions o the gaps in our legislation

la laguna informativa sobre el tema the lack of information on the subject

tengo una gran laguna en historia there are huge gaps in my knowledge of history

2 (en la memoria) memory lapse

se me hizo una laguna my mind went blank

¿cuando toma, sufre lagunas? (Col); when you drink, do you suffer from loss of memory?

Compuestos:

● laguna fiscal

tax loophole

● laguna jurídica

legal loophole

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laguna sustantivo femenino
1 (de agua dulce) lake, pool;
(de agua salada) lagoon
2

a) (en estudio, artículo) gap

b) (en la memoria) memory lapse

laguna sustantivo femenino
1 small lake
2 fig (de la memoria, de un trabajo) gap: su tesis tiene enormes lagunas, his thesis is incomplete
esta biblioteca tiene enormes lagunas en literatura, there is a lack of literature in this library
'laguna' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salina
- estero
English:
gap
- lagoon
- loophole
- loop
- pond

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laguna nf

1. [lago] [de agua salada] lagoon;

[de agua dulce] pool

2. [en memoria] gap;

tengo lagunas importantes en latín I have some major gaps in my knowledge of Latin

3. [en colección] gap

4. [en leyes, reglamento] loophole

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laguna

f

1 lagoon

2 fig

gap

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laguna nf

1) : lagoon

2) : lacuna, gap