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vain

/veɪn/

Translation

adj
presumido,da
vanidoso,sa
vano,na
inútil
a vain attempt to do sth
un intento inútil de hacer algo
in vain
en vano
(Definition of vain adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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