orfelinato

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾfeliˈnato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: or‧fe‧li‧na‧to

Noun

orfelinato m (plural orfelinatos)

  1. orphanage
    Synonym: orfanato
    • 2016 July, “Conoce Tempo, el nuevo espectáculo que hace vibrar la carpa de La Tarumba”, in El Comercio:
      La inspiración, la novela Momo, trata de una niña que escapa de un orfelinato y llega a un teatro abandonado.
      The inspiration, the novel Momo, is about a girl who escapes from an orphanage and finds herself in an abandoned theater.

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