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cumbre

summit

noun KOOM-breh Less Common
Travel & Places Geography

Origin: From Latin culminem (accusative of culmen), top, peak.

Also means

peak, top

Usage Note

Desempleo is the standard Latin American term for unemployment; in Spain the usual word is paro (m) (estar en paro, 'to be unemployed'). The related adjective is desempleado/a ('unemployed'), and the rate is the tasa de desempleo (f). In Spain paro also colloquially refers to unemployment benefit.

Examples

"Los líderes se reunieron en una cumbre internacional."

Natural Translation

The leaders met at an international summit.

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