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a chain is only as strong as its weakest link (aphorism)
phrase

una cadena es tan fuerte como su eslabón más débilphrase

a friend in need is a friend indeed (if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend)
phrase
[UK: ə ˈfrend ɪn niːd ɪz ə ˈfrend ɪn.ˈdiːd]
[US: ə ˈfrend ɪn ˈniːd ˈɪz ə ˈfrend ˌɪn.ˈdiːd]

en la mucha necesidadphrase

se conoce al amigo de verdadphrase

a nod is as good as a wink (the hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining)
phrase

a buen entendedorphrase

pocas palabras bastanphrase

a picture is worth a thousand words (visualisation is better than verbal description)
phrase

una imagen vale más que mil palabrasphrase

a promise is a promise (one must keep one's promises)
phrase

lo prometido es deudaphrase

a stopped clock is right twice a day (something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident)
phrase

hasta un reloj parado acierta la hora dos veces al díaphrase

a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle (a woman is capable of living a complete and independent life)
phrase

una mujer sin un hombre es como un pez sin bicicletaphrase

abacist (One who uses an abacus.)
noun
[UK: ˈabəsˌɪst]
[US: ˈæbəsˌɪst]

abacistanoun
{m} {f}

abiogenesis [abiogeneses] (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter)
noun
[UK: ˌabɪəʊdʒˈenɪsˌɪs]
[US: ˌæbɪoʊdʒˈenɪsˌɪs]

abiogénesisnoun
{f}

autogénesisnoun
{f}

generación espontáneanoun
{f}

ableism (discrimination against persons with disabilities)
noun

capacitismonoun
{m}

ableist (one who exhibits ableism)
noun

capacitistanoun
{f}

abolish [abolished, abolishing, abolishes] (to destroy)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈbɒ.lɪʃ]
[US: ə.ˈbɑː.ˌlɪʃ]

destrozarverb

abolish [abolished, abolishing, abolishes] (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈbɒ.lɪʃ]
[US: ə.ˈbɑː.ˌlɪʃ]

abolirverbThat law was abolished in 2013. = Esa ley se abolió en 2013.

abrogarverb

quitarverb

suprimirverb

abolishment (The act of abolishing)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈbɒ.lɪ.ʃmənt]
[US: ə.ˈbɒ.lɪ.ʃmənt]

aboliciónnoun
{f}

abolitionism (opinion in favor of the abolition of something)
noun
[UK: ˌæ.bə.ˈlɪ.ʃən.ˌɪ.zəm]
[US: ˌæ.bə.ˈlɪ.ʃə.ˌnɪ.zəm]

abolicionismonoun
{m}

abolitionist [abolitionists] (person who favors the abolition)
noun
[UK: ˌæ.bə.ˈlɪ.ʃə.nɪst]
[US: ˌæ.bə.ˈlɪ.ʃə.nəst]

abolicionistanoun
{m} {f}

abortionist [abortionists] noun
[UK: ə.ˈbɔː.ʃə.nɪst]
[US: ə.ˈbɔːr.ʃə.nəst]

aborteranoun
{f}; abortiSta {m} {f}

aborteronoun
{m}

abortistanoun
{m} {f}

abscissa [abscissas] (first of two coordinates)
noun
[UK: æb.ˈsɪ.sə]
[US: æb.ˈsɪ.sə]

abscisanoun
{f}

abscission (act of cutting off)
noun
[UK: æb.ˈsɪ.ʒən]
[US: æb.ˈsɪ.ʒən]

abscisiónnoun
{f}

absolutism (political science: absolute or arbitrary government; despotism)
noun
[UK: ˈæb.sə.luː.tɪ.zəm]
[US: ˈæb.sə.ˌluː.ˌtɪ.zəm]

absolutismonoun
{m}

absolutist (of or pertaining to absolutism)
adjective
[UK: æb.sə.ˈluː.təst]
[US: æb.sə.ˈluː.təst]

absolutistaadjective

absolutist (one who favors autocratic government)
noun
[UK: æb.sə.ˈluː.təst]
[US: æb.sə.ˈluː.təst]

absolutistanoun
{m} {f}

abstentionist [abstentionists] (advocate of not getting involved politically)
noun
[UK: əbˈstɛnʃ(ə)nɪst ]
[US: əbˈstɛnʧənɪst ]

abstencionistanoun
{m} {f}

abstractionism (abstract art)
noun

abstraccionismonoun
{m}

abstractionist (someone who paints or creates abstract art)
noun

abstraccionistanoun
{m} {f}

absurdism (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)
noun

absurdismonoun

filosofía del absurdonoun

abuse of discretion noun

abuso de discreciónnoun
{m}

acanthosis (abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum)
noun

acantosisnoun
{f}

accelerationism (theory that capitalism or some of its processes should be accelerated)
noun

aceleracionismonoun
{m}

accelerator mass spectrometry analysis noun

análisis espectroscópico con aceleración de masasnoun
{?}

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