plaga

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plaga
feminine noun
1plague (de insectos)
  • plaga de langostas -> plague of locusts
2swarm (de gente)
3plague (epidemia)
  • una de las plagas modernas -> one of the plagues of modern society

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plaga [plah’-gah]
noun
1Plague, pest, any public calamity, as pestilence, scarcity, etc. 2. (f)
2Disaster, catastrophe, anything vexatious. (f)
3Plenty, abundance of a harmful thing. (f)
4Climate, country; zone. (f)
5Each of the cardinal points of the compass. (Nautical) (f)
  • Plaga del jardín -> garden plague
Scourge (de un pueblo).

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plaga
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Agr) (Zoología) pest; [de langostas] plague; (Botánica) blight
plaga de la vid grape vine blight
plaga del jardín garden pest
plagas forestales forest pests
2 (azote) scourge
aquí la sequía es una plaga drought is a scourge here; una plaga de turistas a plague of tourists
3 (exceso) glut; abundance
ha habido una plaga de lechugas there has been a glut of lettuces
4 (aflicción) affliction; grave illness

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