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young

Main Entry: ¹young

Function: adjective

Inflected Form(s): younger, youngest

Language: English

1 : joven, pequeño, menor <young people : los jóvenes> <my younger brother : mi hermano menor> <she is the youngest : es la más pequeña>
2 fresh, new : tierno (dícese de las verduras), joven (dícese del vino)
3 youthful : joven, juvenil

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