See alfil on Wiktionary
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"Spanish terms derived from Persian",
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"es:Chess"
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"word": "alfil bueno"
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"word": "alfil malo"
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"2": "alfil",
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}
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"name": "dercat"
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"3": "فِيل",
"4": "الْفِيل",
"t": "the elephant"
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"form": "alfiles",
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"form": "arfil",
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"word": "marfil"
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{
"word": "rey"
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{
"word": "dama"
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{
"word": "reina"
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{
"word": "torre"
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{
"word": "roque"
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{
"word": "caballo"
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{
"word": "peón"
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"english": "Bishops have to be made as of elephants and castles, on top of which full of of armed men, as if they wanted to fight.",
"ref": "1283, Alfonso X the Wise, “Libro del acedrex [Book of Chess]”, in Libro de los juegos [Book of Games], folio 4v:",
"text": "Los alffiles an a ſeer fechos a manera de eleffantes ⁊ castiellos en cima dellos llenos de omnes armados como ſi quiſieſſen lidiar.",
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"english": "Bishops claim the name of whichever color they land in first, color which is kept until the end.",
"ref": "1858, Gerónimo Borao, “De los alfiles [Of the Bishops]” (chapter 5), in El ajedrez: tratado de sus principios fundamentales [Chess: Treaty of its fundamental principles], Zaragoza: Vicente Andrés, page 44:",
"text": "Los alfiles toman nombre del color en donde al principio se asientan, color que conservan hasta el fin[…].",
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"bishop"
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"ref": "2024 December 30, “Javier Milei prorrogó el presupuesto de 2023 por decreto”, in Diario Río Negro:",
"text": "Por su parte, un importante alfil libertario afirmó: “Si acceden a votar el Presupuesto que mandamos, tranquilamente podría tratarse en febrero. Dependerá de los gobernadores”.",
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"(figurative) close ally"
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}
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"ipa": "/alˈfil/"
},
{
"ipa": "[alˈfil]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-il"
}
],
"word": "alfil"
}
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