reparation
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in 2).
reparation(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (formal) (act of making amends)
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
a. la reparación (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).
Mildred demanded some sort of reparation for her injuries.Mildred exigió algún tipo de reparación por sus agravios.
a. la indemnización (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).
Some historians believe that the excessive reparations demanded of Germany after World War I were an important cause of World War II.Algunos historiadores creen que las excesivas indemnizaciones exigidas a Alemania después de la Primera Guerra Mundial fueron una causa importante de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
reparations
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
3. (general)
a. indemnización
The government needs to pay reparations to the descendants of the indigenous people who were pushed out of these lands.El gobierno tiene que pagar indemnización a los descendientes de los indígenas que fueron expulsados de estas tierras.
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