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audio lapse (lps)

intr. lapsed, laps·ing
  1. (to drift) caer, deslizarse
    to lapse into a coma caer en coma
  2. (to fail) faltar
    to lapse from one's duty faltar al deber de uno
  3. (to subside) decaer, desvanecerse
    my enthusiasm lapsed mi entusiasmo se desvaneció
  4. (to elapse) pasar, transcurrir
    several years had lapsed habían transcurrido varios años
  5. derecho (to expire) caducar

expresiones idiomáticas:
to lapse into one's old habits
volver a las mismas costumbres
to lapse into silence
dejar de hablar, quedarse callado
s.
  1. (slip) desliz m., fallo
    a lapse of memory un fallo de la memoria
  2. (error) lapso, equivocación f.
  3. (moral error) desliz, falta
  4. (passage of time) transcurso
  5. (interval) lapso, período
  6. derecho (expiration) caducidad f.
  7. (slip of the tongue or pen) lapsus m.
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