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local

UK: /ˈləʊ.kəl/ US: /ˈloʊ-/

Translation

adj
local
a local newspaper
un periódico local
del barrio
the local shops
las tiendas del barrio
(Definition of local adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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