limosna

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limosna
feminine noun
1alms (religion)
2(a mendigo)
  • dar limosna -> to give money
  • pedir limosna -> to beg; to ask for charity (figurative)

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limosna [le-mos’-nah]
noun
1Alms, charity. (f)
  • Pedir limosna -> to beg
  • Vivir de limosna -> to live by begging

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limosna
sustantivo:femenino
charity; alms; (anticuado)
¡una limosna, señor! can you spare something, sir?; pedir limosna to beg; vivir de limosna to live by begging; live on charity

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