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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al ˈkabo de/
- Syllabification: al ca‧bo de
Preposition
al cabo de
- after (a period of time (in the past))
Al cabo de unos instantes se fue.- He left after a few moments.
1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:Al cabo de algunos minutos, siguiose la conversación sobre bueyes perdidos, y subieron de punto las bromas y la algazara y los planazos y las corridas- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 166:Si se arranca de raíz un cabello y se echa en el agua, al cabo de pocos días se convierte en la culebra llamada vulgarmente de pelo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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