ejercicio

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Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exercitium, from exerceō (“keep busy, work at”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /exeɾˈθiθjo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /exeɾˈsisjo/
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  • Rhymes: -iθjo
  • Rhymes: -isjo
  • Syllabification: e‧jer‧ci‧cio

Noun

ejercicio m (plural ejercicios)

  1. exercise
  2. role
    Synonym: papel
    • 2015 July 23, ““Sólo el 2% de universitarios africanos estudia agricultura””, in El País‎:
      La demografía es, precisamente, junto con la buena gobernanza, una mayor representatividad de las mujeres en el ejercicio del poder o la MRD y el control del flujo de capitales ilícitos que huyen de África, uno de los principales retos a los que se enfrenta el continente.
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    • 2015 September 19, “TV3 compensa a los partidos no soberanistas por la Diada”, in El País‎:
      hacer declaraciones con tono electoralista en el ejercicio de su cargo de presidente de la Generalitat.
      make electoral declarations in his role as president of the Generalitat.

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