parenthesis

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pə ren′thə sis)

Inflections of 'parenthesis' (n): npl: parentheses
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parenthesis nUS, usually plural (punctuation: round bracket)paréntesis nm inv
 The author used parentheses to add information to the sentence.
 El autor utilizó paréntesis para agregar información a la oración.
parenthesis n(text in round brackets, dashes, etc.)paréntesis nm inv
 Tracy carefully read every parenthesis in the contract.
 Tracy leyó con atención cada uno de los paréntesis en el contrato.
parenthesis nfigurative (digression) (figurado)paréntesis nm inv
  descanso nm
  digresión nf
 The speaker couldn't refrain from adding a parenthesis to his speech.
parenthesis nfigurative (long interval) (figurado)paréntesis nm inv
  intervalo nm
 Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'parenthesis' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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bracket

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