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protagonist

/prəˈtæɡ.ən.ɪst/

Translation

n [c]
(form) (en una obra o una historia)
protagonista
personaje principal
protagonista
defensor,-a
figura
He was a key protagonist in the civil war
Fue una figura principal en la guerra civil
(Definition of protagonist n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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