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course

UK: /kɔːs/ US: /kɔːrs/

Translation

n [c]
curso
a history course
un curso de historia
plato
What will you have as first course?
¿Qué van a tomar de primer plato?
main course
plato principal
pista [de carreras]
campo [de golf]
UK (en medicina)
tratamiento
transcurso
in the course of a month
en el transcurso de un mes
n [c, u]
rumbo
dirección
Which course do we have to follow?
¿En qué dirección tenemos que ir?
ruta
to be off course
haberse desviado de la ruta
a course of action
una línea de actuación
{during/in} the course of sth
durante
in the course of the meeting
durante la reunión
in due course (form)
a su debido tiempo
of course
desde luego
por supuesto
Of course we will help you
Por supuesto te ayudaremos
of course not
por supuesto que no
claro que no
to change course
cambiar de rumbo
The ship had to change course
El barco tuvo que cambiar de rumbo
pron. Rima con horse
Véase tb: assault course; crash course; foundation course; golf course; induction course; main course; sandwich course; to be par for the course
(Definition of course nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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