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colación

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
colación nf	(comida ligera tras ayuno) (Catholic: during period of fasting)	collation n
	El Viernes Santo ayunamos y en la noche preparamos una colación.
	On Holy Friday we fasted and at night we prepared a collation.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
colación nf	(comparación)	comparison n
	Para que la biografía sea fidedigna haré una cuidadosa colación de testimonios de sus familiares.
	For the biography to be trustworthy I will make a careful comparison of his family's testimonials.
colación nf	(feligreses)	congregation n
		body of parishioners n
	La parroquia tiene una colación muy fiel.
	The church as a very loyal congregation.
colación nf	MX (dulces navideños)	Mexican Christmas candies and animal crackers npl
	Trajimos mucha colación de la posada de la escuela.
	We brought a lot of Mexican Christmas candies and animal crackers from the school's holiday party.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
sacar a colación loc verb	coloquial (hablar de un tema)	bring up vtr phrasal sep
		mention⇒ vtr
	(formal)	broach⇒ vtr
	En la entrevista el escritor sacó a colación su nuevo libro.
	The writer brought up her new book during the interview.
traer a colación loc verb	(mencionar un tema)	bring up vtr phrasal insep
	El jefe trajo a colación el recorte de gastos.
	The boss brought up the spending cut.

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