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society

UK: /səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/ US: /-ºi/ (pl societies)

Translation

n [c, u]
sociedad
La forma abreviada es Soc.
n [c]
asociación
Véase tb: building society; the dregs of {humanity/society}
(Definition of society nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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