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folio

Definitions of folio
  1. noun
    a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
    synonyms: hoja
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    types:
    guarda
    a blank leaf in the front or back of a book
    página
    one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
    hoja de papel
    something that covers an entire page
    anverso
    right-hand page
    portada
    a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher
    anteportada, portadilla
    a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book
    type of:
    cuartilla, hoja, hoja de papel, pliego
    paper used for writing or printing
  2. noun
    a size of paper used especially in Britain
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    type of:
    cuartilla, hoja, hoja de papel, pliego
    paper used for writing or printing
  3. noun
    the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head
    synonyms: titulillo
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    type of:
    encabezamiento normal
    a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
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