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Meaning of alfluo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
alˈfluo

Definitions

  1. stream (flowing toward something), flow
  2. flow (tidal movement)

Equivalents

English flow stream

Examples

“la alfluo de sango al la cerbo”

the flow of blood to the brain

“A. Angelo and J. van Scheepen (translators), Fontamara by Ignazio Silone, Chapter 6, Eluzante la konstantan alfluon de laborserĉantoj el Abruzzo, kiuj dum la vintra sezono venis al Romo, Peppino iom da tempo okupis sin per laborhavigo al kamparaninoj kiel nutristinoj kaj servistinoj … Taking advantage of the constant stream of job seekers from Abruzzo who came to Rome in the winter, for some time Peppino busied himself providing work to peasant women as nannies and domestics.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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