rama

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branch

∗ noun

rama
feminine noun
1 branch
  • la rama materna de mi familia -> my mother's side of the family
  • en rama -> raw
  • andarse por las ramas (informal) -> to beat about the bush
  • ir de rama en rama (figurative) -> to jump from one thing to another

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rama [rah’-mah]
noun
1 Shoot or sprig of a plant, bough, limb, of a tree. (f)
2 Branch of a family. (f)
3 Rack used in manufactories, to bring cloth to its proper length and breadth. (f)
4 Chase for enclosing types. (Printing) (f)
  • En rama -> raw material, crude stuff
  • Tabaco en rama -> leaf tobacco
  • Seda en rama -> raw silk
  • Andarse por las ramas -> to go about the bush, not to come to the point

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rama
sustantivo:femenino
1 [de árbol] branch
en rama: algodón en rama raw cotton; canela en rama cinnamon sticks; (p)
andarse irse por las ramaso to beat about the bush
poner algo en la última rama to leave sth till last
rama de olivo olive branch
rama de perejil sprig of parsley
2 [de ciencia, familia, organización] branch
Yolanda pertenece a la rama materna de su familia Yolanda is on his mother's side of the family
la rama civil del derecho la rama militar del movimiento independentista
3 (Tipografía)
en rama unbound
4 (Latinoamérica) (familiar) (hachís) pot; (familiar) hash; (familiar)

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