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oración

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prayer; sentence, speech

∗ noun

oración
feminine noun
1. prayer (rezo)
  • oración fúnebre -> memorial speech
2. sentence (grammar)
  • oración principal/subordinada -> main/subordinate clause

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oración [o-rah-the-on’]
noun
1. Oration (discurso), harangue, declamation. (f)
2. Prayer, supplication. (f)
3. Sentence: in grammar, an expression composed of one or more words which makes perfect sense. (f)
  • Partes de la oración -> the parts of speech
4. Position, a proposition which denies or affirms a thing. (f)
5. A part of the mass. (f)
6. Pagan invocation, magic charm. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • Las oraciones -> sun-setting, the angelus, when the angel’s salutation to the Virgin is repeated by the people; also, the bell which calls to this prayer
  • Oración compuesta -> complex sentence
  • Pronunciar una oración -> to make a speech

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oración
1 (Religión) prayer
oraciones por la paz prayers for peace; estar en oración to be at prayer
2 (Lingüística) sentence
partes de la oración parts of speech
oración compuesta complex sentence
oración directa direct speech
oración indirecta indirect speech; reported speech
oración subordinada subordinate clause
3 (discurso) oration (formal); speech
pronunciar una oración to make a speech
oración fúnebre funeral oration
4 (Latinoamérica) (invocación) pagan invocation; magic charm

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