modo

Definitions of modo
  1. noun
    a way of doing or being
    synonyms: guisa, manera
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    type of:
    estilo, forma, guisa
    how something is done or how it happens
  2. noun
    doing as one pleases or chooses
    synonyms: manera
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    type of:
    elección, escogimiento, selección, surtido
    the person or thing chosen or selected
  3. noun
    verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
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    types:
    indicativo
    a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
    subjuntivo
    a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
    optativa, optativo
    a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
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