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proportion
UK: /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/ US: /-ˈpɔːr-/Translation
n [c, u]
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⇨ proporción
›to keep a sense of proportion
saber no exagerar la importancia de algo
in proportion to
⇨ en proporción {a/con}
out of proportion
⇨ desmesurado,da
⇨ desproporcionado,da
to {blow/get} sth out of proportion
⇨ exagerar algo
He's blowing this out of all proportion! ¡Lo está exagerando completamente!
(Definition of proportion n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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