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fiction

/ˈfɪk.ʃən/

Translation

n [u]
ficción
What he said was pure fiction
Lo que dijo fue pura ficción
literatura [de ficción]
I write fiction for children
Escribo literatura de ficción para niños
Véase tb: pulp fiction; science fiction
(Definition of fiction n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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