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late

Main Entry: ¹late

Function: adverb

Inflected Form(s): later, latest

Language: English

1 : tarde <to arrive late : llegar tarde> <to sleep late : dormir hasta tarde>
2 : a última hora, a finales <late in the month : a finales del mes>
3 recently : recién, últimamente <as late as last year : todavía en el año pasado>

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