avatar

avatar
f. & m.
1 incarnation, embodiment.
2 avatar, sage.
3 vicissitude.
m.
vagary, sudden change.
los avatares de la vida the ups and downs of life
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avatar
► nombre masculino
1 change, transformation
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FRASEOLOGÍA
los avatares de la vida the ups and downs of life
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SM
1) (=encarnación) incarnation; (=transformación) change, transformation

avatares — (=vicisitudes) ups and downs

2) (=etapa) phase; (=ola) wave

avatar destructivo — wave of destruction

3) [en videojuegos] avatar
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masculino
a) (Relig) avatar
b) avatares masculino plural (altibajos) ups and downs (pl), vicissitudes (pl)
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= avatar, avatar.
Nota: En Internet, cada una de las imágenes que aparecen en la pantalla representando a cada uno de los usuarios conectados a un espacio virtual, como, por ejemplo, una sesión de chat.
Ex. The article 'Information age avatars' addresses the question of the role of the librarian in preparing for a future of networked information and digital libraries.
Ex. This is a client-server system allowing to build arbitrary virtual spaces but in which every 'client' currently connected to the server is displayed by means of an icon, called an avatar.
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masculino
a) (Relig) avatar
b) avatares masculino plural (altibajos) ups and downs (pl), vicissitudes (pl)
* * *
= avatar, avatar.
Nota: En Internet, cada una de las imágenes que aparecen en la pantalla representando a cada uno de los usuarios conectados a un espacio virtual, como, por ejemplo, una sesión de chat.

Ex: The article 'Information age avatars' addresses the question of the role of the librarian in preparing for a future of networked information and digital libraries.

Ex: This is a client-server system allowing to build arbitrary virtual spaces but in which every 'client' currently connected to the server is displayed by means of an icon, called an avatar.

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avatar
masculine
1 (Relig) avatar
2 avatares mpl (altibajos) ups and downs (pl), vicissitudes (pl)
* * *
avatar nm
1. [cambio] vagary, sudden change;
los avatares de la vida the ups and downs of life
2. Informát avatar

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