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orquestar

to orchestrate

verb ohr-kes-TAHR Rare

Usage Note

Orquestar means both to arrange a piece of music for orchestra and, figuratively, to coordinate or engineer a complex plan (orquestar una campaña, to orchestrate a campaign). The figurative sense is the more frequent one in modern journalism and political writing.

Examples

"Orquestaron una campaña de desinformación."

Natural Translation

They orchestrated a disinformation campaign.

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