a lo grande

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a lo ˈɡɾande/
  • Syllabification: a lo gran‧de

Adverb

a lo grande

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) in style, with a bang, in a big way
    • 2013 December 13, Gregorio Belinchón, “Estación de Canfranc, Casablanca a la española”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
      Joséphine Baker —casada con un francés judío— también cruzó la frontera por Canfranc, aunque en su caso decidió hacerlo a lo grande, llamando a la prensa para que ni un policía se atreviera a tocar a ella o a su marido delante de los periodistas.
      Joséphine Baker —married to a Jewish Frenchman— also crossed the border through Canfranc, although in her case she decided to do it in a big way, calling the press so that not even a policeman dared to touch her or her husband in front of the journalists.

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