noun🔗ShareJunturas, unionesA place where things join, a junction."The road split at the junctures of Highways 10 and 35. "El camino se dividía en las junturas de las carreteras 10 y 35.placepartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCoyuntura, momento críticoA critical moment in time.""Graduation and starting a new job are two important junctures in a young person's life." "La graduación y comenzar un nuevo trabajo son dos momentos críticos en la vida de una persona joven.timesituationeventhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareJunturas, unionesThe manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings."The different junctures in how she said "ice cream" versus "I scream" completely changed the meaning, even though the sounds were the same. "Las diferentes junturas en la forma en que dijo "helado" versus "yo grito" cambiaron completamente el significado, aunque los sonidos eran los mismos.languagephoneticslinguisticssoundcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading