congreso

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congreso
masculine noun
1conference, congress (de una especialidad)
2(asamblea nacional)
  • el congreso (de los Diputados) -> ≅ the House of Commons(en España) (British), ≅ the House of Representatives (United States), = lower house of Spanish Parliament
  • el congreso -> Congress (en Estados Unidos)
3parliament building (edificio)

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congreso [con-gray’-so]
noun
1Congress. (m)
2Consistory, convention, any solemn assembly or congress. (m)
3Congress, a meeting of commissioners to settle terms of peace between powers at war. (m)
4Congress, carnal union of man and women. (m)

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congreso
sustantivo:masculino
1 [de científicos, profesionales, políticos] conference
un congreso médico a medical conference
se ha celebrado un congreso sobre el sida primer congreso internacional de escritores en lengua castellana la clausura del V Congreso Regional del PSOE
congreso anual annual conference
palacio
2 (Política)
Congreso (en Reino Unido) Parliament; (en EEUU) Congress
esa ley tiene que ser aprobada por el congreso
Congreso de los Diputados (España) (Política) House of Commons; House of Representatives; (EEUU)
The Congreso de los Diputados, the lower house in the Spanish Parliament, has 350 seats. Members (diputados) are elected by proportional representation for a maximum term of four years. The house itself chooses the prime minister (Presidente del Gobierno) by majority vote and he/she is invited in turn by the King to form the government.
Congreso de los DiputadosdiputadosPresidente del Gobierno
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