peculiaridad

f.

1 uniqueness.

2 particular feature or characteristic (detalle).

3 peculiarity, characteristic, attribute, feature.

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peculiaridad

► nombre femenino

1 peculiarity

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SF peculiarity, special characteristic

cada país tiene sus peculiaridades — each country has its own peculiarities

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femenino peculiarity

esta peculiaridad física los distingue — this physical peculiarity is a distinguishing feature

las peculiaridades del sistema — the particular characteristics of the system

es una peculiaridad suya — it is one of his little quirks

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= character, peculiarity, distinctness, quirk, exceptionalism, distinctiveness, character trait.

Ex. Close attention to the role of the computer specialist reveals more of the character of reference activities.

Ex. For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.

Ex. The library director and the architect cooperated to preserve the distinctness of an aging building while providing the public with up-to-the-minute services.

Ex. Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.

Ex. The strongest support for this notion of exceptionalism comes from the evanescence and mutability of electronic documents.

Ex. The necessity of organisational cohabitation does not obliterate the distinctiveness of each from the other.

Ex. Personality theory based on genetics is used to trace inherited character traits in European royalty.

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* peculiaridades = vagaries.

* peculiaridades culturales = cultural background.

* peculiaridades económicas = economic background.

* peculiaridades geográficas = geographical background.

* peculiaridades políticas = political background.

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femenino peculiarity

esta peculiaridad física los distingue — this physical peculiarity is a distinguishing feature

las peculiaridades del sistema — the particular characteristics of the system

es una peculiaridad suya — it is one of his little quirks

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= character, peculiarity, distinctness, quirk, exceptionalism, distinctiveness, character trait.

Ex: Close attention to the role of the computer specialist reveals more of the character of reference activities.

Ex: For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.

Ex: The library director and the architect cooperated to preserve the distinctness of an aging building while providing the public with up-to-the-minute services.

Ex: Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.

Ex: The strongest support for this notion of exceptionalism comes from the evanescence and mutability of electronic documents.

Ex: The necessity of organisational cohabitation does not obliterate the distinctiveness of each from the other.

Ex: Personality theory based on genetics is used to trace inherited character traits in European royalty.

* peculiaridades = vagaries.

* peculiaridades culturales = cultural background.

* peculiaridades económicas = economic background.

* peculiaridades geográficas = geographical background.

* peculiaridades políticas = political background.

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peculiaridad

feminine

peculiarity

esta peculiaridad física los protege del frío this peculiar physical feature protects them from the cold

las peculiaridades del sistema the particular o special characteristics of the system

es una peculiaridad suya it is one of his little quirks

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peculiaridad sustantivo femenino
peculiarity
peculiaridad sustantivo femenino peculiarity
'peculiaridad' also found in these entries:
English:
mannerism
- peculiarity
- quirk

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peculiaridad nf

1. [cualidad] uniqueness;

cada uno tiene sus peculiaridades we all have our little ways o idiosyncracies

2. [detalle] particular feature o characteristic;

tiene la peculiaridad de que funciona con energía solar a particular feature of it is that it runs on solar energy

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peculiaridad

f (característica) peculiarity

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peculiaridad nf

: peculiarity