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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vāde mēcum (literally “go with me”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /badeˈmekum/
- Rhymes: -ekum
- Syllabification: va‧de‧mé‧cum
Noun
vademécum m (plural vademécums)
- vade mecum; handbook
2016 May, “La paradoja yanki”, in El Pais (Uruguay):Más allá de sus posiciones en cuestiones sociales, Sanders representa una novedad aún más sorprendente en el panorama presidencial, al ser un candidato agnóstico que no se considera ni representante de Dios en la tierra ni se inspira en la Biblia como vademécum de buena gobernanza.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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