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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary | | Spanish term or phrase: hacer la venia | | hacer la veña es llevarse la mano derecha hacia el costado superior de la cabeza de forma de saludar |
| | | salute, bow or nod of the head | Explanation:
Hola Marcela,
Hacer la venia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2003-09-02 19:25:17 (GMT)
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venia bow or nod of the head (as a greeting); (Amer. mil.) salute
Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©
venia sustantivo femenino
1 (= permiso) permission; consent
con su venia by your leave; with your permission
2 (Río de la Plata) (militar) salute
3 (Colombia, Cono Sur) (= reverencia) bow
hacer una venia to bow
(teatro, música) to take a bow
Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers
venia.
3. f. Inclinación que se hace con la cabeza, saludando cortésmente a alguien.
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2 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +7 salute, bow or nod of the head
Explanation:
Hola Marcela,
Hacer la venia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2003-09-02 19:25:17 (GMT)
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venia bow or nod of the head (as a greeting); (Amer. mil.) salute
Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©
venia sustantivo femenino
1 (= permiso) permission; consent
con su venia by your leave; with your permission
2 (Río de la Plata) (militar) salute
3 (Colombia, Cono Sur) (= reverencia) bow
hacer una venia to bow
(teatro, música) to take a bow
Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers
venia.
3. f. Inclinación que se hace con la cabeza, saludando cortésmente a alguien.
DRAE©
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Native speaker of:  Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064
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