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possessions

/pəˈzɛʃənz/

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noun

Posesión

Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.

Examples :

"After the flood, people searched the muddy fields for their lost possessions, hoping to salvage anything that wasn't completely ruined, even though they didn't own the land where the items were found. "

Después de la inundación, la gente buscó en los campos embarrados sus posesiones perdidas, con la esperanza de rescatar cualquier cosa que no estuviera completamente arruinada, a pesar de que no eran dueños de la tierra donde se encontraron los objetos.

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Posesiones, bienes

Something that is owned.

Examples :

"I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that."

Con gusto daría todas mis posesiones mundanas solo para poder hacer eso.

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Posesiones, propiedad

Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.

Examples :

"After the fire, they lost all of their possessions. "

Después del incendio, perdieron todas sus posesiones.

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Posesión, territorio

A territory under the rule of another country.

Examples :

"During the colonial era, France had many overseas possessions in Africa and Asia. "

Durante la era colonial, Francia tenía muchas posesiones en el extranjero en África y Asia.

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Posesión, estar poseído

The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.

Examples :

"Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession."

En aquel entonces, a las personas con trastornos psiquiátricos a veces se les consideraba víctimas de posesión demoníaca.

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Posesión, locura

The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.

Examples :

"The actor convincingly portrayed the character's possessions by demons, his eyes wide with terror and his body contorting in unnatural ways. "

El actor retrató convincentemente la posesión del personaje por demonios, con los ojos muy abiertos de terror y su cuerpo contorsionándose de manera antinatural.

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noun

Posesión del balón

Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.

Examples :

"The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession."

El marcador muestra un pequeño símbolo de fútbol junto al nombre del equipo que tiene la posesión del balón.

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Posesión

A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.

Examples :

"The coach emphasized the importance of quick possessions to move the ball down the field and create scoring opportunities. "

El entrenador enfatizó la importancia de las posesiones rápidas para mover el balón por el campo y crear oportunidades de anotar.

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Posesiones, propiedad

A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.

Examples :

"The thief stole all of his possessions. "

El ladrón robó todas sus posesiones.

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