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Spanish
Etymology
From holgar (“to rest”) + -ura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /olˈɡuɾa/
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: hol‧gu‧ra
Noun
holgura f (plural holguras)
- slack, play
- space, clearance
2020 July 9, “Catalunya multará con 100 euros a quien no lleve mascarilla por la calle”, in La Vanguardia:Cualquier persona de más de seis años que salga de casa en Catalunya sin mascarilla se arriesga a una multa de 100 euros, aunque sea para pasear en el bosque o en una vía poco transitada y donde se pueda mantener con holgura la distancia de seguridad.- Anyone over six years old who leaves their home in Catalonia without a mask risks a fine of 100 euros, even if it is to take a walk in the woods or go through a little-traveled road and where a safe distance can be kept with ease.
- looseness, bagginess
- (figurative) state of being well-off, comfort, ease
- vivir con holgura ― to live in comfort
2020 November 26, Ana Carbajosa, “Enfermeros españoles al rescate del sistema de salud alemán”, in El País, retrieved 2020-11-26:La pandemia ha agravado un problema, convertido en el talón de Aquiles del sistema de salud alemán, que hasta el momento ha logrado resistir con cierta holgura los embates de la covid-19.- The pandemic has aggravated a problem that has turned into the Achilles heel of the German health system, which so far has managed to withstand the onslaught of Covid-19 with relative ease.
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