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utilidad

utility

noun oo-tee-lee-DAHD Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Origin: From Latin utilitas, from utilis, 'useful'.

Also means

usefulness

Usage Note

Utilidad means practical usefulness or the value something has for a purpose — la utilidad de una herramienta (the utility of a tool). In computing and economics it appears as a technical term (función de utilidad, utility function). The plural utilidades is used in Latin America to mean profits or earnings, a financial sense less common in Spain.

Examples

"La utilidad de este mapa es indudable."

Natural Translation

The usefulness of this map is undeniable.

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