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odisea

odyssey

noun oh-dee-SEH-ah Rare

Origin: From Greek Odysseia, Homer's epic about Odysseus.

Also means

long journey

Usage Note

Odisea entered Spanish from the title of Homer's epic and is now used figuratively for any long, arduous journey or series of difficulties (fue una odisea conseguir los papeles = getting the papers was an odyssey). It is always feminine. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable: o-di-SE-a.

Examples

"El viaje de vuelta fue una auténtica odisea."

Natural Translation

The return journey was a real odyssey.

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