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region

la región

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region(

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (of a country or the world)

a. la región

(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).

(F)

The food in that region of the world is delicious.La comida de esa región del mundo es deliciosa.

b. la zona

(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).

(F)

We traveled north, to a region of spectacular mountains and lakes.Viajamos al norte, a una zona de montañas y lagos espectaculares.

2. (medicine)

a. la región

(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).

(F)

They found a fracture in the upper region of the femur.Encontraron una fractura en la región superior del femur.

region

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. la región

(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).

(F)

in the region ofalrededor de, del orden de

region [ˈriːdʒən]

noun

1 [of country, human body] región (f); zona (f)

the densely populated coastal region la región or zona costera densamente poblada; Asia and the Pacific region Asia y la región del Pacífico; the pelvic region la región or la zona pélvica; a pain in the region of my kidneys un dolor a la altura de los riñones

the autonomous region of Catalonia a crime wave which spread terror throughout the region the frontal region of the brain I felt a chill in the region of my spine he was complaining of pains in the shoulder region. she had no movement in the lower regions of her body a remote mountain region

the regions (provinces) las provincias

London and the regions tax incentives would be used to attract firms to the regions, away from the South-East now for our latest reports on unemployment in the regions.

2 (field, sphere) campo (m)

and here we enter a region of moral ambiguity y aquí entramos en un campo de ambigüedad moral

To have access to the truth and so to pass beyond the region of mere opinion is to take great risks.

in the region of (approximately) aproximadamente; alrededor de; it will cost in the region of £6 million costará aproximadamente or alrededor de 6 millones de libras; I would say she's in the region of 40 yo diría que ronda los 40; yo diría que tiene unos 40 años

temperatures would be in the region of 500 degrees centigrade it was going to be in the region of fifteen to thirty years before the debt would be paid off.

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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genital region	región genital
from the same region	paisano
autonomous region	región autónoma
autonomous region of Madrid	comunidad autónoma de Madrid
sorry, there are no offers in your region at this time	lo sentimos, no hay ofertas en su región en este momento