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linaje — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ancestry noun The line of ancestors a person descends from; one's family origins or heritage.
  • generation noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.
  • lineage noun A line of descent traced from an ancestor; a family's ancestry or a sequence of generations.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.

Senses

linaje is used for these senses in English:

  • ancestry Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
  • generation (now, US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]
  • lineage Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • strain (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.

generation — full definition

  1. noun All the people born and living at around the same time, seen as a group.
  2. noun One step in a family's line of descent, roughly the time it takes children to grow up and have their own.
  3. noun The act or process of producing or bringing something into being.
  4. noun A particular stage in the development of a technology or product line.

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