soltura

f.

1 fluency (fluidez).

2 assurance (facilidad, desenvoltura).

con soltura fluently

3 ease, freedom, easiness, loosening.

4 release from prison.

5 disengagement.

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soltura

► nombre femenino

1 (agilidad) agility

2 figurado (seguridad) confidence, assurance

3 figurado (al hablar) fluency, ease

4 figurado (descaro) shamelessness

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noun f.

1) ease

2) looseness

3) fluency

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SF

1) [al hablar] fluency, ease

habla árabe con soltura — he speaks Arabic fluently

2) (=flojedad) [de cuerda] slackness; [de pieza, tornillo] looseness; [de brazos, piernas] agility, nimbleness

3) (Med) (tb: soltura de vientre) looseness of the bowels, diarrhoea, diarrhea (EEUU)

4) pey (=desvergüenza) shamelessness

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femenino (de una persona)

habla dos idiomas con soltura — he speaks two languages fluently

se desenvuelve con soltura en cualquier situación — she is at ease in any situation

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= fluency, confidence.

Ex. Fluency with the English language is a predictor of successful assimilation into mainstream American society.

Ex. The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.

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* con soltura = fluent, with confidence, fluently, with ease.

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femenino (de una persona)

habla dos idiomas con soltura — he speaks two languages fluently

se desenvuelve con soltura en cualquier situación — she is at ease in any situation

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= fluency, confidence.

Ex: Fluency with the English language is a predictor of successful assimilation into mainstream American society.

Ex: The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.

* con soltura = fluent, with confidence, fluently, with ease.

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soltura

feminine

1 (de una cuerda) looseness, slackness; (de una pieza) looseness, play

2

(de una persona): habla dos idiomas con soltura he speaks two languages fluently

se desenvuelve con soltura en cualquier situación she is at ease in any situation

conduce con mucha soltura she handles the car with ease o very smoothly

se movía con la soltura de un joven he moved with the agility o ease o nimbleness of a young man

Compuesto:

soltura de vientre or estómago

diarrhea*

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soltura sustantivo femenino:

◊ habla dos idiomas con soltura he speaks two languages fluently;

se desenvuelve con soltura en cualquier situación she is at ease in any situation
soltura sustantivo femenino
1 (agilidad) agility
(gracia, elegancia) hizo el gesto con mucha soltura, she gestured gracefully
2 (en un idioma, discurso) fluency

'soltura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desenvuelta
- desenvuelto

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soltura nf

1. [fluidez] fluency;

habla inglés con soltura she speaks fluent English;

monta a caballo con mucha soltura he's a confident horse rider;

ha adquirido mucha soltura al escribir a máquina he has become a very fluent typist

2. [facilidad, desenvoltura] assurance;

tiene mucha soltura para el trato con la gente she's very good with people

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soltura

f fluency, ease;

con soltura hablar fluently; desenvolverse with ease, with aplomb

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soltura nf

1) : looseness, slackness

2) : fluency (of language)

3) : agility, ease of movement