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facultad

faculty

noun fah-kool-TAHD Less Common

Origin: From Latin facultas.

Also means

ability

Usage Note

Facultad has two common senses: a department or school within a university (la Facultad de Derecho = 'the Law School'), and a natural ability or power (facultad mental = 'mental faculty'). In Spain it frequently stands alone to mean 'the university building' for a given discipline.

Examples

"Estudia en la Facultad de Medicina."

Natural Translation

She studies at the Faculty of Medicine.

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