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resorte
masculine noun
1spring (muelle)
2means (medio)
  • tocar todos los resortes -> to pull out all the stops
3elastic (elástico) (Mexican Spanish)

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resorte [ray-sor’-tay]
noun
1Spring (muelle), an elastic body; an elastic piece of tempered steel. (m)
2Cause, medium, means (medio). (m)
3Elastic band (gomita). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
4Responsibility (responsabilidad). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

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resorte
sustantivo:masculino
1 (muelle) spring
2 (medio) means; expedient; (enchufe) contact; (influencia) influence
tocar resortes to pull strings; tocar todos los resortes to use all one's influence; pull all the strings one can
3 (Latinoamérica) (familiar) (incumbencia) concern; (competencia) province
no es de mi resorte it's not my concern province;o

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