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pitfall

UK: /ˈpɪt.fɔːl/ US: /-fɑːl/

Translation

n [c]
escollo
dificultad
one of the pitfalls of being an engineer
una de las dificultades de ser ingeniero
Se usa más en plural
(Definition of pitfall n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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