marcha

Definitions of marcha
  1. noun
    the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
    synonyms: adelantamiento, adelanto, andadura, avance, evolución, paso, progresión, progreso
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    types:
    carrera
    the general progression of your working or professional life
    pídola
    advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
    type of:
    movimiento, traslado
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  2. noun
    genre of music written for marching
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    types:
    marcha militar
    brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
    marcha procesional
    a march to be played for processions
    marcha fúnebre
    a slow march to be played for funeral processions
  3. noun
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
    synonyms: funcionalidad, funcionamiento, función, operatividad, procedimiento
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    type of:
    trabajo
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  4. noun
    a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
    synonyms: elaboración, explotación, funcionamiento, laboreo, labra, manejo, mecanismo, operatividad, pozos
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    type of:
    excavación
    a hole in the ground made by excavating
  5. noun
    an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
    synonyms: energía, fuerza, nervio, remangue, ñeque
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    types:
    bizarría, brío, empuje, fogosidad, lucimiento, vigor, vitalidad
    an energetic style
    chispa
    merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
    type of:
    animación, lozanía, pólvora, ser, vida, viveza
    animation and energy in action or expression
  6. noun
    a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others
    synonyms: carisma, ángel
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    type of:
    atracción, atractividad, atractivo
    sexual allure
  7. noun
    the popular taste at a given time
    synonyms: moda
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    types:
    subirse al tren
    a popular trend that attracts growing support
    alta costura
    trend-setting fashions
    capricho, chifladura, culto, furor, manía, moda pasajera
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  8. noun
    a procession of people walking together
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    type of:
    comitiva, comparsa, pompa, procesión, romería
    the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
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