hindsight
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hindsight(
haynd
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sayt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. la retrospectiva (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Without the hindsight of history, it would be impossible to predict the outcome of that war.Sin la retrospectiva de la historia, sería imposible predecir el resultado de esa guerra.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
In hindsight, that plan was doomed to fail from the start.A posteriori, ese plan estaba condenado al fracaso desde el principio.
Now, we can say that we should never have approved that proposal, but that's easy with the benefit of hindsight.Ahora podemos decir que no deberíamos haber aprobado esa propuesta jamás, pero es fácil en retrospectiva.
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