flota

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flota
feminine noun
1fleet (de barcos, vehículos)
  • flota pesquera -> fishing fleet

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flota [flo’-tah]
noun
1Fleet of merchant ships. (Nautical) (f)
  • Flota mercante -> merchant marine
  • La flota pesquera -> the fishing fleet
2Fleet, squadron. (f)
Nowadays the term escuadra or armada is used.

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flota
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de buques] fleet
la flota española the Spanish fleet
flota de altura deep-sea fishing fleet
flota de bajura inshore fishing fleet
flota mercante merchant navy
flota pesquera fishing fleet
2 (Aeronáutica) (Automóviles) fleet
3 (And) (autobús) long-distance bus; inter-city bus
4 (Latinoamérica) (muchedumbre) lot; crowd; heap
una flota de a lot of; a crowd of
5 (And) (jactancia) boasting; bluster
echar flotas (And) (Centroamérica) (Caribe) to brag

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