peripecia

f.

1 incident, adventure.

sus peripecias en la selva his adventures in the jungle

2 peripeteia, vicissitude, incident, peripetia.

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peripecia

► nombre femenino

1 incident

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SF

1) (=incidente) adventure, incident

2) (=vicisitud) vicissitude, sudden change

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femenino

a) (incidente)

un viaje lleno de peripecias — an eventful journey

sus peripecias en el extranjero — her adventures abroad

b) (problema) vicissitude

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= trick, gaff.

Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.

Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.

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femenino

a) (incidente)

un viaje lleno de peripecias — an eventful journey

sus peripecias en el extranjero — her adventures abroad

b) (problema) vicissitude

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= trick, gaff.

Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.

Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.

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peripecia

feminine

1

(incidente): un viaje lleno de peripecias an eventful journey, a journey full of incident (liter)

me contó sus peripecias en el extranjero she told me about her adventures abroad

2 (problema) vicissitude

las peripecias del presidente the vicissitudes o the ups and downs of the president, the sudden changes in the president's fortunes

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peripecia sustantivo femenino

a) (incidente):

◊ un viaje lleno de peripecias an eventful journey;

sus peripecias en el extranjero her adventures abroad

b) (problema) vicissitude

peripecia sustantivo femenino
1 unexpected event
2 Lit peripeteia, peripety

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peripecia nf

incident, adventure;

sus peripecias en la selva his adventures in the jungle

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peripecia

f adventure

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peripecia nf

vicisitud: vicissitude, reversal

las peripecias de su carrera: the ups and downs of her career