No. 12,912 in Spanish
patentes
Patentes: patents or licenses granting exclusive rights to an invention.
In a sentence
Las patentes protegen las innovaciones tecnológicas.
Patents protect technological innovations.
In this sentence, 'patentes' is used to refer to intellectual property rights that safeguard inventions.
Las ideas menos patentes suelen ser las más interesantes.
Less obvious ideas are often the most interesting.
Here, 'patentes' is used as an adjective meaning 'evident' or 'obvious'.
Los avances fueron patentes durante la presentación del proyecto.
The advances were evident during the project's presentation.
In this example, 'patentes' is again an adjective used to signify that something is clear or noticeable.
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