convulsión

f.

1 convulsion, upheaval, bustle, agitation.

2 convulsion, fit, spasm, seizure.

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convulsión

► nombre femenino

1 MEDICINA convulsion

2 figurado upheaval

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SF

1) (Med) convulsion

2) (Geol) tremor

3) (Pol) upheaval

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femenino

1) (Med) convulsion

2) (trastorno, perturbación)

las convulsiones sociales de los años 60 — the social upheaval of the sixties

las convulsiones obreras — the violent unrest among the workers

3) (de la tierra) tremor

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= upheaval, convulsion, shake.

Ex. Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.

Ex. Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.

Ex. It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.

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femenino

1) (Med) convulsion

2) (trastorno, perturbación)

las convulsiones sociales de los años 60 — the social upheaval of the sixties

las convulsiones obreras — the violent unrest among the workers

3) (de la tierra) tremor

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= upheaval, convulsion, shake.

Ex: Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.

Ex: Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.

Ex: It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.

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convulsión

feminine

A (Med) convulsion

B

(trastorno, perturbación): su asesinato produjo una gran convulsión en el ejército his assassination caused great agitation in the army

las convulsiones sociales de los años 60 the social upheaval of the sixties

las convulsiones obreras que se produjeron the violent unrest o disturbances that broke out among the workers

C (de la tierra) tremor

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convulsión sustantivo femenino (Med) convulsion
convulsión sustantivo femenino
1 Med convulsion
2 fig (agitación social) unrest, upheaval
'convulsión' also found in these entries:
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convulsion

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convulsión nf

1. [de músculos] convulsion

2. [de tierra] tremor

3. [política, social]

un periodo de convulsiones a period of upheaval;

la subida del dinero produjo convulsiones en la bolsa the rise in interest rates caused chaos o turmoil on the stock exchange;

las convulsiones sociales del periodo de entreguerras the social upheaval between the wars

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convulsión

f convulsion; fig

upheaval

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convulsión nf, pl -siones

1) : convulsion

2) : agitation, upheaval