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SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL fondos nombre masculino plural para sobornosnoun fondo m de reptiles, fondo m para sobornos* * *noun fondo m de reptiles, fondo m para sobornos -
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s.fondo para usos ilícitos, dinero para soborno, fondos para sobornar, dinero para cabildeo. -
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1) (melting snow: The streets are covered with slush.) aguanieve2) ((something said or written showing) weak sentimentality: I think most romantic novels are just slush!) sentimentalismo•- slushy- slushiness
tr[slʌʃ]1 (melting snow) aguanieve nombre femenino, nieve nombre femenino derretida; (muddy snow) nieve nombre femenino fangosa2 familiar sentimentalismo, sensiblería3 (drink) granizado\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLslush ['slʌʃ] n: nieve f medio derretidan.• aguanieve s.f.• barro s.m.• fango s.m.• grasa s.f.• lodo s.m.• nieve fangosa s.f.slʌʃmass noun1) ( melted snow) nieve f fangosa or medio derretida2) ( sentimental trash) sensiblería f[slʌʃ]1. N1) (=melting snow) aguanieve f, nieve f medio derretida2) (=mud) fango m, lodo m3) * (=bad poetry etc) sentimentalismo m2.CPDslush fund N — fondos mpl para sobornar
* * *[slʌʃ]mass noun1) ( melted snow) nieve f fangosa or medio derretida2) ( sentimental trash) sensiblería f -
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s.1 nieve sucia (snow) (medio derretida)3 sensiblería (familiar) (sentimentality)4 lodo, cieno, barro, fango.5 pura sensiblería, sentimentalismo exagerado.6 nieve medio derretida, agua nieve, aguanieve.v.untar de grasa.(pt & pp slushed)
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