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Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin captīvitātem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kautibiˈdad/
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: cau‧ti‧vi‧dad
Noun
cautividad f (plural cautividades)
- captivity
- Synonyms: cautiverio, cautivo
2015 July 19, “Ratones como alimento”, in El País:Parte de su producción la vende como mascotas, pero si Vilaboy ha llegado hasta aquí es porque algo tienen que comer los carnívoros en cautividad, sean animales de zoológico, serpientes de terrario o aves de cetrería.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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