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(abbr Republican)

1. republicano(a) (política) (Estados Unidos)

r [a^r]

verbo

1. g.

Se pronuncia en general como en castellano. La r sola se pronuncia muchas veces como rr, y las dos rr como una r sola. A la sílaba er, cuando es final, se le da el sonido de ar o or, como si estuviera sola y separada de la dicción; desire (desaiar); digger (digguer). Como abreviatura, R quiere decir rey o real, o en las recetas de los médicos, recipe, esto es, toma.

[ɑːʳ]

noun

(letter) R; r (f)

R for Robert R de Ramón; the three Rs (reading, writing and arithmetic) lectura, escritura y aritmética

note See culture box in entry three.

abbreviation

1 (Britain)Rex R

2 (Britain)Regina R

3 (Geog) river R

4 right dcha; der; dero

5 Réaumur (scale)

6 (US) (Pol) Republican

abbreviation:adjective

(US) (Cine) restricted solo mayores

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

R, r

[ˈerre, ˈere]

feminine noun

1. R, r (letra) (peninsular SpanishAm)

r [er’-ray, er’-ay]

noun

1. This letter at the beginning of a word, after l, n, s, and in compound words, the primitive of which begins with r, has a hard and rough sound, as, rata, malrotar, enriquecer, cariredondo. (f)

When ab and ob are not prepositions, as in abrogar, obrepci?the r becomes liquid; as in abrojo, obrero. —R in the middle of a word, or between two vowels, has a very smooth sound; as in morosidad peregrinar. The harsh and rough sound of r between two vowels, in the middle of simple words, is always expressed by double rr; thus, barraca, correcto.R is used as a contraction of reprobar, like A for aprobar, in voting for degrees in universities; it is also used as a contraction for real, royal, and for reverendo, reverend.

r [ˈere]

(letra) R; r