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soapbox

UK: /ˈsəʊp.bɒks/ US: /ˈsoʊp.bɑːks/ (pl soapboxes)

Translation

n [c]
tribuna provisional
to get on one's soapbox (inform)
pontificar col.
He always gets on his soapbox about the state of public health
Siempre se pone a pontificar sobre el estado de sanidad pública
(Definition of soapbox n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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