fuente

Definitions of fuente
  1. noun
    a dish used for serving food
    synonyms: platón
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    sopera
    large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews
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    plato
    a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
  2. noun
    a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
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    pozo
    an abundant source
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    documento
    writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
  3. noun
    a specific size and style of type within a type family
    synonyms: tipografía
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    letra gótica
    a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
    letra negrita, negrita
    a typeface with thick heavy lines
    cursiva, letra bastardilla, letra corrida, letra cursiva
    a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
    grotesca
    a typeface in which characters have no serifs
    alfabeto romano
    the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe
    alfabeto hebreo
    a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
    alfabeto cirílico, alfabeto ruso
    an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
    alfabeto arábico, alfabeto árabe
    the alphabet of 28 characters derived from Aramaic and used for writing Arabic languages (and borrowed for writing Urdu)
    letra redonda, redondilla
    a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
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    tipo
    printed characters
  4. noun
    the place where something begins, where it springs into being
    synonyms: germen, nacimiento, origen, principio, venero
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    derivación
    the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
    manantial
    the source of water from which a stream arises
    cabecera de un río
    the source of a river
    fontanal, manantial
    the source of water for a well
    cuna, proveniencia
    where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
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    punto
    the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
  5. noun
    a natural flow of ground water
    synonyms: efusión, fontana, manantial
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    calentador de agua, geyser, géiser
    a spring that discharges hot water and steam
    hervidero
    a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
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    formación geológica
    (geology) the geological features of the earth
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