parenthesis

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pə ren′thə sis)

Inflections of 'parenthesis' (n): npl: parentheses
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parenthesis n US, usually plural (punctuation: round bracket)paréntesis nm inv
 The author used parentheses to add information to the sentence.
 El autor utilizó paréntesis para agregar información a la oración.
parenthesis n (text in round brackets, dashes, etc.)paréntesis nm inv
 Tracy carefully read every parenthesis in the contract.
 Tracy leyó con atención cada uno de los paréntesis en el contrato.
parenthesis n figurative (digression) (figurado)paréntesis nm inv
  descanso nm
  digresión nf
 The speaker couldn't refrain from adding a parenthesis to his speech.
parenthesis n figurative (long interval) (figurado)paréntesis nm inv
  intervalo nm
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'parenthesis' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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bracket

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