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- noun
ISO abbreviation languagecode forSpanish language (ISO 639-1). - noun
ISO abbreviation country code forSpain (ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code). - noun A variant spelling of
ess , the letter.
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Examples
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Es claro que este texto está orientado a niños, pero ¿es ésta la mejor manera de explicarle a un niño qué es la poesía?
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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Esto es lo que deben hacer ... ¡es que no logré leerlos!
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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Compare the German ich bin es, not, es ist ich.
Chapter 6. Tendencies in American. 2. Lost Distinctions Henry Louis 1921
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[64] Gutierre de Cardenas was the first who pointed him out to the princess, exclaiming at the same time, "_Ese es, ese es_," "This is he;" in commemoration of which he was permitted to place on his escutcheon the letters SS, whose pronunciation in Spanish resembles that of the exclamation which he had uttered.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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(pahn-SAY) (1670) A set of reflections on religion by Blaise Pascal (pensées is French for thoughts).
Pensees 2002
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As we all know, "es" is Spanish (God's most hated language) for "is", as in, "Jose Reyes is an immature punk who has no respect for the cherished traditions of baseball, such as chewing tobacco, gambling, and massive varieties of drugs."
Amazin' Avenue 2009
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The same blogger is angry that this is a subject that needs to be written about yet again [es]:
Global Voices in English » Peru: Freezing Temperatures in Puno Result in Children Deaths 2009
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The blog Caviar de Cianuro [es] is worried about this lack of response:
Global Voices in English » Peru: Freezing Temperatures in Puno Result in Children Deaths 2009
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The media group Clarín [es] is considered to be the most important in Argentina and whose holdings include the newspaper Clarín.
Global Voices in English » Argentina: Clarín Media Group Forces Removal of Videos 2009
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As a rule of thumb, the villages of Barolo and La Morra produce the most perfumed win es, while Monforte d 'Alba and Serralunga produce more structured, powerful wines that require substantial cellaring.
In Search of Barolo Will Lyons 2010
oroboros commented on the word es
Es. Chemical element symbol for Einsteinium.
December 16, 2007