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sustracción

subtraction, theft

noun soos-trahk-SYOHN Rare

Usage Note

Sustracción covers two distinct senses: the mathematical operation of subtraction (la sustracción de números) and the legal concept of theft or misappropriation (sustracción de fondos, 'misappropriation of funds'). In arithmetic, resta is the more colloquial term; sustracción is formal in both domains.

Examples

"La sustracción es la operación inversa a la suma."

Natural Translation

Subtraction is the inverse operation of addition.

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