etapa

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stage

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etapa
feminine noun
1stage
  • las últimas etapas -> the final stages
  • por etapas -> in stages
  • quemar etapas -> to come on in leaps and bounds, to progress rapidly
  • está pasando una mala etapa -> he's going through a bad patch
  • etapa ciclista -> stage (of cycle race)

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etapa [ay-tah’-pah]
noun
1The ration of necessaries to troops in the field or traveling (de viaje). (Military) (f)
  • A cortas etapas -> in easy stages
2Stage (cohete). (f)
3Stage, phase. (Figurative) (f)
  • En la segunda etapa del plan -> in the second phase of the plan
  • Lo haremos por etapas -> we'll do it in stages

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etapa
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de viaje] stage
en pequeñas etapas in easy stages
[hacer] etapa en
quemar etapas to make rapid progress
2 (fase) stage; phase
desarrollo por etapas phased development; development in stages; la segunda etapa del plan the second phase of the plan; una adquisición proyectada por etapas a phased takeover; lo haremos por etapas we'll do it gradually in stages;o
3 (Dep) leg; lap
4 (Mil) stopping place
5 [de cohete] stage
cohete de tres etapas 3-stage rocket

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