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réplica

reply

noun RREH-plee-kah Rare

Origin: From Latin replicare (to fold back, reply).

Also means

replica

Usage Note

Réplica means a verbal or written reply or counterargument, and also a physical replica or copy of an object. In geology it refers to an aftershock (réplica sísmica). The accent is on the first syllable (proparoxytone), so stress that syllable firmly: RÉ-pli-ca.

Examples

"No tuvo réplica a mis argumentos."

Natural Translation

He had no reply to my arguments.

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