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breve

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adjectivefemininemasculine
  1. brief, short
nounfeminine
  1. breve

Forms

adjective

masculine singularbreve
feminine masculine pluralbreves
superlativebrevísimo

noun

singularbreve
pluralbreves

Used in the library

  • El discurso fue breve y el aplauso largo.The speech was brief and the applause long.B1Otra vez, por favor (3) — Once more, please (3) (B1)
  • El discurso del alcalde fue breve por primera vez.The mayor's speech was brief for the first time.B1Otra vez, por favor (10) — Once more, please (10) (B1)
  • La visita del médico es breve y la espera no.The doctor's visit is brief and the wait isn't.B1Otra vez, por favor (18) — Once more, please (18) (B1)
  • Son setenta y nueve poemas breves, sin título, numerados en romanos, y la número cincuenta y tres es la que todo español sabe empezar y casi ninguno sabe terminar.They are seventy-nine short untitled poems, numbered in Roman numerals, and number fifty-three is the one every Spaniard knows how to begin and almost none knows how to finish.C1Volverán las oscuras golondrinas — The dark swallows will return

Other ways to say it

  • cortoshort (having a small distance from one end to another); short (having little duration)
  • cuadradabreve

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