continente

adj.

continent, abstinent.

m.

1 continent (geography).

2 container.

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continente

► nombre masculino

1 GEOGRAFÍA continent

2 (recipiente) container

3 (compostura) countenance

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noun m.

continent

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1.

ADJ continent

2. SM

1) (Geog) continent

el viejo continente — Europe, the Old World

2) (=recipiente) container

3) (=aspecto) bearing

de continente distinguido — with an air of distinction, with a distinguished air

de continente duro — harsh-looking

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masculino

1) (Geog) continent

2) (envase, envoltura) container

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= mainland, continent, land mass [landmass].

Nota: Generalmente usado como opuesto a las islas.

Ex. Thus this code was important in catalogues on the mainland of Europe.

Ex. This article aims to examine both currently and globally the varying degrees of application of information technology to information services in several continents.

Ex. A distinctive new civilization developed in the European peninsula of the Eurasian land mass in the course of the millennium that followed.

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* colisión de los continentes = continental collision.

* continente perdido = lost continent.

* de todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* separación de los continentes = continental breakup.

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masculino

1) (Geog) continent

2) (envase, envoltura) container

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= mainland, continent, land mass [landmass].

Nota: Generalmente usado como opuesto a las islas.

Ex: Thus this code was important in catalogues on the mainland of Europe.

Ex: This article aims to examine both currently and globally the varying degrees of application of information technology to information services in several continents.

Ex: A distinctive new civilization developed in the European peninsula of the Eurasian land mass in the course of the millennium that followed.

* colisión de los continentes = continental collision.

* continente perdido = lost continent.

* de todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* separación de los continentes = continental breakup.

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continente

masculine

A (Geog) continent

B (envase, envoltura) container

vale más el continente que el contenido the container is worth more than the contents

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continente sustantivo masculino (Geog) continent
continente sustantivo masculino
1 Geography continent
el nuevo continente, the New World
el viejo continente, the Old World
2 (que contiene algo) container
'continente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
última
- último
- América
- saco
English:
America
- Antarctica
- continent
- mainland
- main

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continente nm

1. Geog continent

2. [recipiente] container

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continente

1 m continent

continente

2 adj continent

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continente nm

: continent

♦ continental adj

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continente n continent