No. 684 in Spanish
autor
Author.
In a sentence
Gabriel García Márquez es el autor de 'Cien años de soledad'.
Gabriel García Márquez is the author of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.
In this sentence, 'autor' refers to the writer or creator of a literary work.
El autor desconocido dejó su obra en la biblioteca.
The unknown author left their work in the library.
Here, 'autor' is used to describe a person whose identity as the creator of a work is not known.
Ella fue la autora de una de las ideas más innovadoras en la conferencia.
She was the author of one of the most innovative ideas at the conference.
In this context, 'autor'/‘autora’ extends beyond writing to mean the originator or initiator of an idea.
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