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em

/ɛm/ /ɛ(ː)m/

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noun

La letra M

The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Examples :

"The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends."

Las emes y las enes al principio y al final.

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noun

Em

A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

Examples :

"The headline font size is set to 2 ems, making it twice the height of the body text. "

El tamaño de la fuente del titular está configurado en 2 ems, lo que lo hace el doble de alto que el texto del cuerpo.

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pronoun

Le, la, lo (en función de objeto)

A gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey, equivalent to the singular them and coordinate with him and her.

Examples :

"If a student doesn't want to use "he" or "she," you can ask em what pronouns em prefers. "

Si un estudiante no quiere usar "él" o "ella", puedes preguntarle qué pronombres prefiere.

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interjection

Eh, um

A form of hesitant speech, or an expression of uncertainty; um; umm; erm

Examples :

"She was going to, em... the salon, I think."

Ella iba a, um... al salón, creo.

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