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1 portento
m.1 wonder, marvel.2 portent, wonder, marvel, prodigy.* * *1 wonder* * *SM (=prodigio) marvel, wonder; (=genio) genius, wizard¡qué portento de memoria! — what a prodigious memory!, what an amazing memory!
* * *a) ( persona) geniusb) ( prodigio) wondercanta que es un portento — she has a wonderful o marvelous voice
* * *= prodigy, whiz(z) kid, whiz.Ex. To be a prodigy in music, for example, is to be a mimic, to reproduce what you hear from grown-up musicians.Ex. As banks collapse and thousands are laid off, former finance industry whizz-kids say they have never looked back after quitting their jobs.Ex. An enormously talented woman with a resume of unparalleled excellence, she is a whiz at design with many books and other projects to her credit.* * *a) ( persona) geniusb) ( prodigio) wondercanta que es un portento — she has a wonderful o marvelous voice
* * *= prodigy, whiz(z) kid, whiz.Ex: To be a prodigy in music, for example, is to be a mimic, to reproduce what you hear from grown-up musicians.
Ex: As banks collapse and thousands are laid off, former finance industry whizz-kids say they have never looked back after quitting their jobs.Ex: An enormously talented woman with a resume of unparalleled excellence, she is a whiz at design with many books and other projects to her credit.* * *1 (persona) geniuses un portento para la química he's a genius at chemistry o a chemistry geniusesta niña es un portento this girl's a prodigy2 (prodigio) wonderhace verdaderos portentos con materiales realmente pobres she works wonders using the poorest of materialscanta que es un portento she has a wonderful o marvelous voice* * *
portento sustantivo masculino
1 wonder, miracle
2 (persona) prodigy: esta chica es un auténtico portento en matemáticas, this girl is a real mathematics whiz
' portento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
maravilla
* * *portento nm1. [persona] wonder, marvel;es un portento tocando el piano he's a wonderful piano player2. [hecho]es un portento que la casa siga en pie después del incendio it's a wonder the house is still standing after the fire* * *m1 ( fenómeno) wonder2 persona genius* * *portento nmmaravilla: marvel, wonder
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