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grado

degree

noun GRAH-doh Less Common

Also means

grade, rank

Usage Note

Grado covers academic degrees (grado universitario), degrees of temperature, and degrees of an angle. As a rank it appears in military and religious contexts. The phrase en alto grado means 'to a high degree.'

Examples

"La temperatura subió diez grados."

Natural Translation

The temperature rose ten degrees.

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