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fractura
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la fractura(
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)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (medicine)
a. fracture
El tratamiento dependerá del tipo de fractura y de la localización.The treatment will depend on the type of fracture and where it is.
b. break
El médico me dice que la fractura ya ha consolidado.The doctor tells me that the break has now healed.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Lorenzo sufrió una fractura del cráneo tras caer de su caballo.Lorenzo fractured his skull when he fell off his horse.
Lucía se cayó y tiene una fractura en la muñeca.Lucia fell down and broke her wrist.
2. (split)
a. crack
Las lluvias continuas han provocado una fractura en el muro de la presa.The continual rain caused a crack to form in the wall of the dam.
3. (geology)
4. (figurative) (collapse)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. breakdown
Este sociólogo cree que se evidencia una fractura en la estructura social.This sociologist believes we are witnessing a breakdown in social structure.
b. break-up
Federico cree que esta actitud egoista contribuye a la fractura de las familias.Federico believes this selfish attitude contributes to the break-up of families.
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