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sound2

/saʊnd/

Translation

v [i]
sonar
That CD sounds as if there is something wrong with it
Este CD suena como si estuviera estropeado
parecer [por lo que se ha oído]
Your family sounds interesting
Tu familia me parece interesante
He sounded rude to me
Me pareció maleducado
v [t, i]
sonar
When the alarm sounds...
Cuando suene la alarma...
to sound like
recordar a
This piece of music sounds like Mozart
Esta pieza me recuerda a Mozart
(Definition of sound vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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