mili

mili
f.
military service (Outmoded informal). (peninsular Spanish)
hacer la mili to do one's military service
m.
1 military service.
2 Mili.
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mili
► nombre femenino
1 familiar military service
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FRASEOLOGÍA
hacer la mili familiar to do one's military service
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femenino (Esp fam) military service

hacer la mili — to do one's military service

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femenino (Esp fam) military service

hacer la mili — to do one's military service

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la mili
= military draft.

Ex: Military drafts are instated in countries throughout the world, both in times of war and in times of peace.

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mili
feminine
(Esp fam) mili (↑ mili a1)
military service
hacer la mili to do one's military service
está en la mili he's doing his military service
CULTURAL NOTE
mili
In Spain, the colloquial term for compulsory military service. Abolished in 2001, it was for years an important factor in Spanish life. It was once an opportunity for many people to leave their home town and learn to read and write. One could avoid la mili by declaring oneself an objetor de conciencia. Objectors did community service prestación social sustitutoria. Those who refused to do this were called insumisos insumiso (↑ insumiso a1)
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mili sustantivo femenino (Esp fam) military service;
◊ hacer la mili to do one's military service

mili f fam military service: se libró de la mili, he got out of military service

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mili nf
Esp Fam military service;
hacer la mili to do one's military service
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mili
f fam
military service
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mili n national service

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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