laguna
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laguna
laguna(
lah
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goo
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nah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (body of water)
La laguna se llena con el agua del deshielo.The lake fills up with water from snow melt.
b. pool (of fresh water)
El agua de la laguna es muy clara porque el fondo es rocoso.The water in the pool is very clear because it has a rocky bottom.
c. pond (of fresh water)
Junto al pueblo hay una pequeña laguna que se seca en verano.Next to the village there is a small pond that dries up in the summer.
d. lagoon (of salt water)
La laguna casi divide la isla en dos.The lagoon nearly divides the island in two.
2. (something left out)
a. gap
Aunque su exposición fue brillante, su tesis tiene algunas lagunas.Although her presentation was brilliant, her thesis has some gaps.
b. omission
Una de las lagunas del proyecto de ley concierne su ámbito de aplicación.One of the omissions of the bill concerns its scope of application.
c. lacuna
Un juez está facultado para subsanar, cuando sea necesario, las lagunas de una ley.A judge is empowered to bridge, whenever necessary, the lacunae in a law.
3. (legal)
a. loophole
Existe una laguna jurídica que nos impide aplicar sanciones en dichos casos.There is a legal loophole that prevents us from taking disciplinary measures in such cases.
4. (deficiency)
a. gap
La mayoría de mis alumnos tienen grandes lagunas en matemáticas.The majority of my students have huge gaps in their knowledge of math.
5. (hole in a series)
a. gap
Una laguna en el proceso resultó en productos defectuosos.A gap in the process resulted in defective products.
6. (blackout)
a. memory lapse
Me golpeé la cabeza y no recuerdo bien qué pasó. Tengo muchas lagunas.I hit my head and can't remember well what happened. I have many memory lapses.
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lagunaNoun
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (lago)
a. lagoon
2. (en colección, memoria)
a. gap
3. (en leyes, reglamento)
a. loophole
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Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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