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121 firme no
m.firm no, plain no, definite no, flat no. -
122 integral definida
f.definite integral. -
123 partícula subatómica
f.subatomic particle, particle, subatom, subatomic particle with a definite mass and electric charge. -
124 pérdida definitiva
f.definite loss. -
125 sobradas esperanzas
f.pl.definite hope. -
126 tratamiento radical
m.definite treatment, radical therapy. -
127 El Dorado
(Sp. model spelled same [eldoráðo], consisting of the definite article, and the perfective participle of dorar 'to gild' < Latin deauráre 'to gild'; the gilded one')1) Clark: 1900s. "A nickname for California." Also El Dorado State2) Clark: 1840s. The West; a place in the West where gold is believed to abound. This name refers to a treasure city that Spaniards searched for in Cíbola. Blevins notes it originally referred to a sixteenth-century Indian chief in Colombia who covered his body in oil before sprinkling himself with gold dust; however, this may be more legend than fact. -
128 El Paso del Norte
(Sp. model spelled same [el páso del nórte], consisting of the definite article, paso 'pass' < Latin passum 'step,' del 'of the' and norte < Anglo-Saxon nord, 'north')Carlisle: 1888. According to Carlisle, a pass or trail adopted by eastern and Santa Fe traders. The city of El Paso is named for this trail.
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