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No. 1,747 in Spanish

macron

In Spanish, "macrón" refers to a diacritical mark (¯) placed over a vowel to indicate it is long.

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  • El macron es un símbolo utilizado en lingüística para indicar una vocal larga.

    The macron is a symbol used in linguistics to indicate a long vowel.

    'Macron' refers to a linguistic diacritical symbol.

  • El presidente Macron visitará nuestro país la próxima semana.

    President Macron will visit our country next week.

    'Macron' refers to a proper noun, the name of a person.

  • Los estudiantes de arte dibujaron una línea macron en sus bocetos para practicar la proporción.

    Art students drew a macron line on their sketches to practice proportion.

    'Macron' refers to a descriptive term indicating a type of line.

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