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Verb
tener lugar (first-person singular present tengo lugar, first-person singular preterite tuve lugar, past participle tenido lugar)
- (idiomatic) to take place, to occur
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 16:Si el Brujo muere, el entierro queda sin protector hasta que se nombra al que ha de reemplazar al difunto, cual ocurre siempre en el primer aquelarre que tiene lugar después de producido el fallecimiento.- If a Witch dies, the buried treasure becomes is left without protector until the one to replace the deceased is named, which always occurs at the first sabbat that takes place after the death.
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