umbral

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umbral
masculine noun
1threshold (de puerta, periodo)
2threshold (nivel básico)
  • el umbral de la pobreza -> the poverty line

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umbral [oom-brahl’]
noun
1Threshold (de entrada): lintel, architrave. (m)
2Begenning, commencement, rudiment. (m)
3timber for thresholds. (Ante Meridian) (m)
  • Estar en los umbrales de -> to be on the threshold of

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umbral
sustantivo:masculino
1 [de entrada] threshold
pasar traspasar el umbral de algno to set foot in sb's house; en los umbrales de la muerte at death's door
2 (comienzo)
estar en los umbrales de algo to be on the threshold verge of sth;o eso está en los umbrales de lo imposible that borders verges on the impossible;o
3 (Com)
umbral de la pobreza poverty line
umbral de rentabilidad break-even point
libro de nivel umbral

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