abismo

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abismo
masculine noun
1abyss (profundidad)
  • estar al borde del abismo (figurative) -> to be on the brink of ruin o disaster
2gulf (diferencia)
  • entre su sueldo y el mío hay un abismo -> there's a huge difference between our salaries

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abismo [ah-bees’-mo]
noun
1Abyss; gulf. (m)
2That which is immense, or incomprehensible. (m)
3Hell. (m)
  • Desde los abismos de la Edad Media -> from the dark depths of the Middle Ages
  • Estar al borde del abismo -> to be on the brink of ruin

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abismo
sustantivo:masculino
1 (sima) abyss; chasm
de sus ideas a las mías hay un abismo our views are worlds poles apart;o
2 (profundidad) depth(s); (Religión) hell
desde los abismos de la Edad Media from the dark depths of the Middle Ages; estar al borde del abismo to be on the brink of ruin

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