No. 7,314 in Spanish
guadiana
"Guadiana" refers to a river in Spain and Portugal, but it can also metaphorically signify something that intermittently appears and disappears.
In a sentence
El río Guadiana es uno de los principales ríos de la península ibérica.
The Guadiana River is one of the main rivers of the Iberian Peninsula.
Proper noun referring to the name of the river.
Con el paso del tiempo, la costumbre desapareció como el Guadiana.
Over time, the custom disappeared like the Guadiana.
Metaphor for something that appears and disappears intermittently.
Nuestro proyecto sigue el patrón del Guadiana, apareciendo de vez en cuando.
Our project follows the Guadiana pattern, appearing every now and then.
Simile used to describe an intermittent pattern.
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