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prelude

/ˈprel.juːd/

Translation

n [c]
(en música)
preludio
a prelude to sth
el preludio de algo
(Definition of prelude n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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