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promoción

promotion

noun proh-moh-SYOHN Less Common

Also means

class year (graduating cohort)

Usage Note

Promoción covers a commercial promotion or special offer (promoción de ventas), a professional promotion (ascenso is more common for the latter in Spain), and — distinctively — the graduating cohort of a school or military academy (la promoción del 2010 — the class of 2010). The plural promociones loses the written accent as stress shifts naturally.

Examples

"La tienda tiene una promoción especial esta semana."

Natural Translation

The shop has a special promotion this week.

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