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intervalo

interval

noun een-tehr-BAH-loh Rare

Origin: From Latin intervallum (space between ramparts).

Also means

intermission

Usage Note

Intervalo covers both a time interval (un intervalo de diez minutos) and a musical interval (the distance between two pitches). In Spain the theatre or cinema break between acts is called descanso or intermedio rather than intervalo, which belongs more to formal or scientific contexts. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable: in-ter-VA-lo.

Examples

"Hay un intervalo de cinco minutos."

Natural Translation

There is a five-minute interval.

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