foco

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foco
masculine noun
1center, focal point (centro); source, breeding ground (de epidemia)
  • un foco de infecciones -> a source of infection
  • un foco de rebelión/intrigas -> a hotbed of rebellion/intrigue
  • un foco de miseria -> a severely deprived area
2spotlight (lámpara) (para un punto); floodlight (para una zona)
3focus (physics & geometry)
4light bulb (bombilla) (Andes, Mexican Spanish)
5street light (farola) (Am)
6(car) headlight (automobiles) (Am)

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foco [fo-co]
noun
1Focus, the point of convergence (centro). (m)
2The principal spot where an insurrection has broken out. (m)
3Center of action, origin, source (de calor, de luz). (m)
4The seat of a purulent process; core or center of an abscess (de incendio). (m)
5Touch-hole of a gun. (Military) (m)
6The focus of an ellipse. (m)
7(Chom.) Firebox, furnace; place for combustibles. (m)

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foco
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Matemáticas) (Med) (Física) focus
estar fuera de foco (Latinoamérica) to be out of focus
2 (centro) focal point; centre; center; (EEUU) (fuente) source; [de incendio] seat
un foco de infección a source of infection
3 (Electricidad y Eléctronica) (en monumento, estadio) floodlight; (en teatro) spotlight; (Latinoamérica) (bombilla) light bulb; (Automóviles) headlamp

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