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pound1

/paʊnd/

Translation

n [c]
(moneda)
libra
He paid £10 for a bunch of flowers
Pagó diez libras por un ramo de flores
Se puede escribir también £. El símbolo se sitúa delante del número: £150
(unidad de medida)
libra
pound sign US (UK hash) (en tipografía)
almohadilla
La forma abreviada es lb
(Definition of pound n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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