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ambages
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los ambages
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (general)
a. circumlocutions
La audiencia se estaba cansando de los ambages de Sergio.The audience was getting tired of Sergio's circumlocutions.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Habla sin ambages, Paola. ¿Qué fue lo que pasó?Speak plainly, Paola. What happened?
Dime lo que me tienes que decir sin ambages, por favor.Tell me what you need to tell me without beating around the bush, please.
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