época

Definitions of época
  1. noun
    an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
    synonyms: momento, tiempo
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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
    momento, 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)
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    periodo, período
    an amount of time
  2. noun
    an era of history having some distinctive feature
    synonyms: periodo histórico, período histórico
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    edad media
    the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
    renacimiento
    the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
    revolución industrial
    the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
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    antigüedad
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
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    era
    a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  3. noun
    a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
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    holoceno
    approximately the last 10,000 years
    pleistoceno
    from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
    plioceno
    from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals
    mioceno
    from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals
    oligoceno
    from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
    eoceno
    from 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals
    paleoceno
    from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
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    tiempo geológico
    the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
  4. noun
    a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
    synonyms: era
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    era cristiana
    the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth
    edad media
    the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
    renacimiento
    the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
    revolución industrial
    the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
    types:
    periodo histórico, período histórico
    an era of history having some distinctive feature
    antigüedad
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
    type of:
    periodo, período
    an amount of time
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