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length

/leŋ|k|θ/

Translation

n [c, u]
longitud
It's 20 metres in length
Tiene 20 metros de longitud
n [c]
tira
trozo
a length of rope
un trozo de cuerda
(en natación)
largo
I swam ten lengths yesterday
Ayer hice diez largos
at length
largo y tendido
We talked about his situation at length
Hablamos largo y tendido sobre su situación
the length and breadth of sth
a lo largo y ancho
She travelled the length and breadth of Europe
Viajó a lo largo y ancho de Europa
to go to great lengths to do sth
hacer todo lo posible por hacer algo
(Definition of length nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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