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poblar

Translation

v.
(ocupar)
to settle
Los colonos poblaron la zona
The colonists settled the region
(habitar)
to live in
to inhabit form
Los normandos poblaban la zona en aquella época
Normans inhabited the area at that time
to populate
(Definition of poblar v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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