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Word of the Day: Ocaso

By Gerald Erichsen, About.com

La palabra del día: el ocaso
Pronunciación aproximada: oh-KAH-so Listen
Significado: sunset, setting of a star or other astronomical body, twilight, decline
Ejemplo: El ocaso de los dioses (Götterdämmerung en alemán) es la última de las cuatro óperas que componen Der Ring des Nibelungen (El anillo del nibelungo) de Richard Wagner.
Traducción: The Twilight of the Gods (Götterdämmerung in German) is the last of the four operas that make up Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
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