No. 4,611 in Spanish
biografía
A biography; a written account of someone's life.
In a sentence
He leído la biografía de Gabriel García Márquez.
I have read the biography of Gabriel García Márquez.
Here, 'biografía' refers to a written account of someone's life.
En la clase, aprendimos a escribir nuestra biografía en español.
In class, we learned to write our biography in Spanish.
Here, 'biografía' is used to denote a written account of the student's own life.
Están haciendo un documental basado en la biografía del científico.
They are making a documentary based on the biography of the scientist.
In this context, 'biografía' refers to the documented life story that serves as the basis for the documentary.
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