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bane

/beɪn/

Translation

to be the bane of sth/sb
ser {mi/tu/su...} ruina
ser {mi/tu/su...} cruz
He's the bane of my life
Es mi cruz
(Definition of bane from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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