No. 7,563 in Catalan
bessonada
"Birth of twins" or "twinship."
In a sentence
La bessonada dels germans em va sorprendre.
The twins' resemblance surprised me.
In this sentence, 'bessonada' refers to a pair of twins and their resemblance.
M'han explicat una bessonada molt graciosa del passat.
They told me a very funny twin-related story from the past.
Here, 'bessonada' is used figuratively to describe something related to twins, like a story or event involving identical situations.
Aquella escena era una bessonada d'una pel·lícula que havia vist.
That scene was a replica of a movie I had seen.
In this context, 'bessonada' is metaphorically used to indicate a match or replica of something.
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