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Spanish
Etymology
From semblar + -anza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /semˈblanθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /semˈblansa/
- Rhymes: -anθa
- Rhymes: -ansa
- Syllabification: sem‧blan‧za
Noun
semblanza f (plural semblanzas)
- similarity, likeness
- Synonyms: similaridad, semejanza
2015 July 18, “De los Ríos en el país de los soviets”, in El País:La semblanza de los líderes soviéticos con quienes conversó o a los que tuvo ocasión de escuchar en sus intervenciones públicas está trazada con singular destreza y expresividad.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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