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trasplante

transplant

noun tras-PLAHN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Trasplante covers both organ transplants (trasplante de riñón — kidney transplant) and botanical transplanting (trasplante de plantas — repotting). The related verb is trasplantar. Spain leads Europe in organ donation rates, so the word appears frequently in Spanish news media.

Examples

"El paciente necesita un trasplante de corazón urgente."

Natural Translation

The patient urgently needs a heart transplant.

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