costumbre
sustantivo:femenino
1 (tradicional) custom;costumbres customs; ways
las costumbres de esta provincia the customs of this province; novela de costumbres novel of (local) customs and manners
costumbre
feminine noun
1
habit, custom
- tomar/perder la costumbre de hacer algo -> to get into/out of the habit of doing something
- como de costumbre -> as usual
- la cantidad de costumbre -> the usual amount
- tener la costumbre de o tener por costumbre hacer algo -> to be in the habit of doing something
- costumbres -> customs; (de país, cultura) habits (de persona)
- no hay que perder las buenas costumbres -> we don't want to break with tradition
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costumbre [cos-toom’-bray]
noun
1
Custom, habit, haunt, habitude, familiarity. (f)
- Las costumbres de esta provincia -> the customs of this province
- He perdido la costumbre -> I have got out of the habit
2
Custom, a law which has obtained force by usage. (f)
3
Custom, the common way of acting, fashion, established manner. (f)
- Persona de buenas costumbres -> respectable person
4
Periodical indisposition of women, catamenia, courses. (f)
- Costumbres -> customs, the characteristic manners and habits of a nation or a person
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