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contingent1

/kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/

Translation

n [pl]
contingente [militar]
(de un país, de una organización)
representación
Por ser un nombre colectivo se puede usar con el verbo en singular o en plural
(Definition of contingent n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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