momento

Definitions of momento
  1. noun
    having important effects or influence
    synonyms: importancia
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    inconsecuencia
    having no important effects or influence
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    significado
    the quality of being significant
  2. noun
    an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
    synonyms: tiempo, época
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    día
    some point or period in time
    rato, tiempo, trecho
    a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
    soplo
    an indefinitely short time
    cachipolla
    something transitory; lasting a day
    era espacial
    the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present
    día del juicio final
    (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    instante, parpadeo, periquete, santiamén
    a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
    type of:
    periodo, período
    an amount of time
  3. noun
    an instant of time
    synonyms: punto
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    fecha límite, fecha tope, plazo, plazo de entrega
    the point in time at which something must be completed
    plazo
    the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent
    instante
    a particular point in time
    apertura, comienzo, empiece, iniciación, inicio, nacimiento, offset, principio, umbral
    the time at which something is supposed to begin
    conclusión, fin, final, terminación, tope
    the point in time at which something ends
    apogeo, apoteosis, colofón, culminación, punto culminante
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
    agonizante, defunción, desaparición, fallecimiento, fenecimiento, finamiento, muerte, obituario, óbito
    the time when something ends
    puntito
    a very brief moment
    arrancadero, arranque, trampolín
    earliest limiting point
    conclusión, fenecimiento, fin, final, meta, remate, terminación, término
    the temporal end; the concluding time
    cola
    the time of the last part of something
    caducidad, expiración, terminación, vencimiento
    a coming to an end of a contract period
    limitación, límite, tope
    final or latest limiting point
    umbral
    the starting point for a new state or experience
    type of:
    cantidad, cuanto, medida, quantum
    how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
  4. noun
    1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
    synonyms: chispitina, secretario, segundo
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    unidad de tiempo
    a unit for measuring time periods
  5. noun
    a particular point in time
    synonyms: instante
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    types:
    apogeo, apoteosis, colofón, culminación, punto culminante
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
    puntito
    a very brief moment
    type of:
    punto
    an instant of time
  6. noun
    an indefinitely short time
    synonyms: soplo
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    types:
    instante, parpadeo, periquete, santiamén
    a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
    type of:
    tiempo, época
    an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
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