renglón

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From reglón, augmentative of regla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /renˈɡlon/ [rẽŋˈɡlõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ren‧glón

Noun

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renglón m (plural renglones)

  1. line (written or printed row of words)
    • 1956 [1944], Jorge Luis Borges, “La biblioteca de Babel”, in Ficciones, Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, page 86:
      A cada uno de los muros de cada hexágono corresponden cinco anaqueles: cada anaquel encierra treinta y dos libros de formato uniforme; cada libro es de cuatrocientas diez páginas; cada página, de cuarenta renglones; cada renglón, de unas ochenta letras de color negro.
      On each of the walls of each hexagon there are five shelves: each shelf holds thirty-two books of the same style; each book is four hundred ten pages long; each page, forty lines; each line, some eighty letters printed in black.
  2. line, merchandise (products or services sold by a business)

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