bienal

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin biennalis.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bi‧e‧nal

Adjective

  1. biennial (happening every two years)
    Synonym: bianual

Noun

bienal f (plural bienais)

  1. biennial exhibition or show
  2. (botany) a plant whose lifespan lasts two years

Spanish

Adjective

bienal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bienales)

  1. biennial, two-year

Noun

bienal f (plural bienales)

  1. biennial exhibition or show
    • 2015 July 19, “La putinización del arte cubano”, in El País‎[1]:
      Políticamente imaginativos como pueden parecer, los artistas participantes en la bienal fueron incapaces de inventar una defensa de las libertades artísticas y civiles, e hicieron silencio ante la censura y la represión de su colega Tania Bruguera, quien había vuelto al país meses antes con el propósito de realizar una performance en la plaza de la Revolución.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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