OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8327

acquaintance

/əˈkweɪntəns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
amistad • conocimiento • junta • relación • trato
A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
amiguete • conocida • conocido
A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.
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