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Spanish
Etymology
Apparently, short for "a ojos vistas", hence the disagreement between "ojos" (masculine plural) and "vistas" (feminine plural)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˌoxos ˈbistas/
- Syllabification: a o‧jos vis‧tas
Adverb
a ojos vistas
- (idiomatic) visibly; for all the world to see.
1902, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Misterio, chapter 39:La enfermedad se ha acentuado. Su Majestad decae a ojos vistas.- The disease has accentuated. His Majesty is withering away before our eyes.
1940, Reforma medica :Mas la época actual tiende, a ojos vistas, a despreciar la obra pacífica de la inteligencia- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1926, Leopoldo Lugones, “chapter XXIX”, in El Angel de la Sombra:—Para la señorita —acertó a decir, confuso, hasta malograr a ojos vistas el cumplimiento que traía preparado.- "For you, ma'am", he managed to say, all confused, until he visibly ruined the compliment he had prepared.
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