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busca — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  • quest noun A long or difficult search or journey undertaken to achieve a goal.
  • raid noun A sudden attack or surprise incursion, often by armed forces or police.
  • search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.

Senses

busca is used for these senses in English:

  • fish (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
  • fish (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
  • percontation (formal, rare, or, obsolete) A question which cannot properly be given a one-word answer like “yes” or “no”. [from early 17th c.]
  • quest A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
  • raid (law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
  • search An attempt to find something.

fish — full definition

  1. noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  2. noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
  3. verb To try to catch fish.
  4. verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.

quest — full definition

  1. noun A long or difficult search or journey undertaken to achieve a goal.
  2. noun In a video game, a specific task or mission a player completes for a reward.
  3. verb To search or journey in pursuit of a goal.

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