disco

Definitions of disco
  1. noun
    a public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music
    synonyms: discoteca, sala de fiestas, teca
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    type of:
    bailadero, sala de baile, salón de baile
    large room used mainly for dancing
  2. noun
    a flat circular plate
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    diafragma
    electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
    platillo
    a disk used in throwing competitions
    cospel
    a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
    type of:
    corro, círculo, núcleo, rueda
    any circular or rotating mechanism
    plancha
    a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
  3. noun
    (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
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    types:
    disco flexible, diskette, disqueta, disquete, minidisco
    a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
    disco duro
    a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
  4. noun
    sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
    synonyms: grabación, plástico, redondo
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    types:
    elepé
    a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
  5. noun
    an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
    synonyms: lanzamiento de disco
  6. noun
    something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
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    punto
    a very small circular shape
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