apronte

m.

1 heat, preliminary race.

2 Aprontes, preparations; irse en los aprontes, to waste one's energy on unnecessary preliminaries.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: aprontar.

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SM Cono Sur

1) (Dep) heat, preliminary race

2)

aprontes — preparations

irse en los aprontes — to waste one's energy on unnecessary preliminaries

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apronte

masculine

(CS)

1 (preparativo) preparation

los aprontes le llevaron dos horas it took him two hours to get everything ready, the preparations took him two hours

2 (de una novia) bottom drawer, hope chest (AmE)

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apronte nm

CSur Fam preparation;

los aprontes para la fiesta nos llevaron toda la tarde it took us all afternoon to get ready for the party