In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
1.1(encaminado)abocado a algo
- un plan abocado al fracaso — a plan destined to fail
- están abocados a un desastre — they are heading for a disaster
1.2Southern Cone formal (dedicado)abocado a algo
- la gran tarea a la que se hallan abocados — the great task upon which they have embarked / which they have taken upon themselves
- estamos abocados a la reorganización del partido — we have set about the task of reorganizing the party
2(vino) smooth and slightly sweet
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