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figure1

UK: /ˈfɪɡ.ər/ US: /-jʊr/

Translation

n [c]
cifra
número
estadística
cifra
dato
tipo
Sarah has got a nice figure
Sarah tiene muy buen tipo
figura
silueta
(gráfico)
tabla
cuadro
figura
figura
personaje
She's an important figure in politics
Es un personaje importante de la vida política
double figures The number of victims reached double figures
El accidente se cobró decenas de víctimas
to be in single figures
ser un número de una sola cifra
to do the figures
hacer las cuentas
hacer el cálculo
Véase tb: a ballpark figure; in round {figures/numbers}
(Definition of figure n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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