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diligencia

diligence

noun dee-lee-HEN-syah Rare

Also means

stagecoach

Usage Note

Diligencia has two quite different senses: the virtue of diligence or care (trabaja con diligencia), and historically a horse-drawn stagecoach. In legal or administrative Spanish it also means a formal procedure or errand (diligencias policiales). Context distinguishes the senses clearly.

Examples

"Completó el trabajo con gran diligencia."

Natural Translation

She completed the work with great diligence.

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