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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARRIBA

La palabra arriba procede del latín ad ripam 'a la orilla'.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARRIBA IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARRIBA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Arriba can act as an adverb and an interjection.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The determinant is a modifier that provides context to the noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.

WHAT DOES ARRIBA MEAN IN SPANISH?

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Above

Arriba

Above may refer, in addition to the top of something, the upward direction, or the opposite to below or below, to the following concepts ... Arriba puede referirse, además de a la parte superior de algo, la dirección ascendente, o lo opuesto a abajo o debajo, a los siguientes conceptos...

Definition of arriba in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition above in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is to the top, to the top. Another meaning above in the dictionary is on the top, on the top. Above is also in previous place or that is before another; but denoting superiority, already real, already imaginary. La primera definición de arriba en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es a lo alto, hacia lo alto. Otro significado de arriba en el diccionario es en lo alto, en la parte alta. Arriba es también en lugar anterior o que está antes de otro; pero denotando superioridad, ya real, ya imaginaria.
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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARRIBA


briba
bri·ba
criba
cri·ba
derriba
de·rri·ba
diatriba
dia·tri·ba
escriba
es·cri·ba
riba
ri·ba

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARRIBA

arriado
arrial
arriamiento
arriana
arrianismo
arriano
arriar
arriata
arriate
arriaz
arribada
arribaje
arribar
arribazón
arribeña
arribeño
arribes
arribismo
arribista
arribo

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE ARRIBA

alba
ameba
amiba
barba
biajaiba
bomba
ceiba
copaiba
córdoba
cuba
desestiba
estiba
giba
guajiba
jacoiba
jaiba
piba
prueba
rumba
tabaiba

Synonyms and antonyms of arriba in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARRIBA» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «arriba» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish synonyms of arriba
asuso · en · hacia · suso

ANTONYMS OF «ARRIBA» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words mean the opposite of «arriba» and also belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish antonyms of arriba

Translation of «arriba» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARRIBA

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Translator Spanish - Chinese

向上
1,325 millions of speakers

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arriba
570 millions of speakers

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above
510 millions of speakers

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ऊपर
380 millions of speakers
ar

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فوق
280 millions of speakers

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вверх
278 millions of speakers

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para cima
270 millions of speakers

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আপ
260 millions of speakers

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dessus
220 millions of speakers

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sehingga
190 millions of speakers

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nach oben
180 millions of speakers

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アップ
130 millions of speakers

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올라
85 millions of speakers

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munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

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lên
80 millions of speakers

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வரை
75 millions of speakers

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वर
75 millions of speakers

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yukarı
70 millions of speakers

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su
65 millions of speakers

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w górę
50 millions of speakers

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вгору
40 millions of speakers

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în sus
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el

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πάνω
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up
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upp
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opp
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SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

arriba
arriba 
  upstairs.
 He frequently asks them to shelve books upstairs on the balcony and then stands there looking up their dresses.
acostarse boca arriba 
lie on + Posesivo + back
 He lustily told her in one message that he wanted her lying on her back.
andar de arriba para abajo  [Generalmente como señal de impaciencia]
pace
 The librarian should not pace behind the counter when the patron is using an item at the counter.
arriba citado 
above-mentioned
 Most the above-mentioned publications are available for purchase by the public through the normal channels.
camino arriba 
up the road
 I watched as he lumbered up the road toward the mountains.
citado más arriba 
above
 Thus, potentially the scope of a catalogue code is wide, but in practice most codes are restricted to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 above.
cuesta arriba     
uphill
uphill
upslope
uphill climb
up the hill
 It is a well-known fact that it's easier to walk downhill than it is uphill.
 In the last few weeks of the season, increase the intensity by running the uphills at cross-country race effort while keeping the downhills at tempo effort.
 They flow upslope during the day as the result of surface heating, and downslope at night because of surface cooling.
 The six furlong (1200 metres) course is entirely straight with some undulations and an uphill climb in the final furlong to the winning post.
 As the cable car is rising up the hill you get a beautiful view of Pest across the river.
de abajo hacia arriba 
bottom-up
 Communication needs to be seen in a theological sense, replacing domination by bottom-up dialogue.
de arriba a abajo 
up and down
 And simultaneously he curled his index finger up and down that in the vocabulary of his gesture was meant to signify 'Come over here'.
de arriba abajo     
from top to bottom
from head to toe
from head to foot
from nose to tail
every inch
 Searching through a hierarchical structure moves from top to bottom.
 This exhibition features objects worn from head to toe and is divided into sections representing different accessories, cultures, and periods.
 The child was covered with scabies from head to foot, had fungal infection, was severely dehydrated and was suffering from septicaemia.
 Mice are fastidious, regularly cleansing their bodies from nose to tail.
 Something supremely elegant about the way Jimenez comports himself: every inch the Spanish grandee he is always worth watching.
de arriba hacia abajo 
top-down
 Results show that the agencies are geared up for a one-way, top-down flow of information.
defender como gato panza arriba 
fight + tooth and nail to defend
 I know folk are very passionate about politics and can fight tooth and nail to defend their particular ideological stance.
de más arriba 
topmost [top most]
 Thus each heap was delivered to the warehouseman with the final impressions of both formes on the topmost sheet.
desplazarse hacia arriba 
move up
 Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
dicho más arriba, lo  [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
foregoing, the
 Whatever the motives (and the foregoing is no more than a selection) the resultant effect is to cause great problems for bibliographic control.
doblado hacia arriba 
upturned
 Typically green, the Robin Hood hat also features an upturned brim with a feather tucked into it.
en el piso de arriba 
upstairs
 He frequently asks them to shelve books upstairs on the balcony and then stands there looking up their dresses.
en la parte de arriba 
at the top
 They all have space at the top for a key word and the index is arranged in alphabetical order by keyword.
estar arriba 
sit on + top
 Among the visual attributes found to be most useful were: absorption (soaks in, sits on top), luster (shiny, dull), flakiness (doesn't flake off, flakes off), and thickness (thin, thick).
estar patas arriba  
be a (complete) shambles
be (in) a (real) mess
 While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.
 The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.
hacia arriba   
upwards
upward
upslope
 An arrow pointing upwards indicates when the terminal is in insert mode.
 The typical organizational chart is a hierarchical structure, and communction flows downward, with some upward movement.
 They flow upslope during the day as the result of surface heating, and downslope at night because of surface cooling.
hacia arriba y hacia abajo 
up and down
 And simultaneously he curled his index finger up and down that in the vocabulary of his gesture was meant to signify 'Come over here'.
huevo frito con la yema hacia arriba 
sunny side up egg
 It takes time, patience and practise to cook sunny side up eggs that looks good enough to frame.
menú desplegable hacia arriba  [Menú que está presente en todo momento en pantalla pero representado por un icono y que se despliega hacia arriba en su totalidad ocupando parte de la pantalla tras seleccionarlo con el ratón o pulsando una tecla o combinación de ellas]
pop-up menu
 Many menus are now pop-up or pull-down menus or appear in windows which can be switched on and off.
mirar a Alguien de arriba abajo 
look + Nombre + up and down
 Donald stood there and looked her up and down with a menacing grin.
mirar de arriba a abajo 
eye + Nombre + up and down
 He pushed the boy roughly against the door, eyeing him up and down like a lion who's caught sight of his prey.
mirar de arriba abajo  [Participio pasado eyeing (UK) o eying (USA)]
eye
 The banking community is eyeing its possibilities with serious interest.
mirar desde arriba  
look down on/upon
look down over
 The characters stand inside a mysterious domed structure looking down on the Earth watching the 19th century take shape.
 There was one ram that was content to stay up in the cliffs and look down over his domain.
mirar fijamente hacia arriba 
stare up at
 He remembers their eyes staring up at him in disbelief as he beat the life out of them.
mirar hacia arriba 
look up
 She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.
mover la cabeza de arriba abajo 
bob
 The males are the ones who bob and bow and hop around, warbling all the while.
patas arriba    
in shambles
topsy-turvy
upside down
all over the place
 He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.
 At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
 Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.
 Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are 'all over the place' on the economy.
poner Algo patas arriba  
turn + Nombre + inside-out
turn + Nombre + on its head
 The article is entitled 'Umbrella in a hurricane: new winds of change may turn it inside-out'.
 This interpretation turns Dewey's social critique on its head by re-enforcing the political status-quo.
poner la casa patas arriba 
turn + the house upside down
 Summer holiday means that your kids are at home from school and also that they are turning the house upside down.
poner las cartas boca arriba  
lay + Posesivo + cards on the table
put + Posesivo + cards on the table
 Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.
 Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.
poner patas arriba   
upend
make + a (real) mess
ransack
 Religious freedom is in danger of being upended.
 I made a mess out of my life because I cheated on my current ex boyfriend with my current boyfriend then I cheated on my boyfriend.
 The two polling stations of the town were ransacked by people who drove electoral officials and prevented the vote.
poner todo patas arriba 
turn + everything upside down
 The offenders broke into rooms and systematically turned everything upside-down, throwing papers out of drawers and off shelves.
quedar patas arriba 
flip-flop
 The following transitory government floundered and flip-flopped embarrassingly in trying to respond to the Persian Gulf crisis.
quedarse arriba 
sit on + top
 Among the visual attributes found to be most useful were: absorption (soaks in, sits on top), luster (shiny, dull), flakiness (doesn't flake off, flakes off), and thickness (thin, thick).
rebuscar de arriba abajo 
ransack
 The two polling stations of the town were ransacked by people who drove electoral officials and prevented the vote.
río arriba 
upriver
 They were due to return from a day trip yesterday afternoon, but their boat broke down on the Mokau River and they were stranded upriver.
sábana de arriba 
flat sheet
 Each set contains one flat sheet, one fitted sheet and two standard pillow cases.
segundo por arriba 
second from (the) top
 Draw a vertical line that goes from the leftmost point of the horizontal line that is second from the top to the bottommost horizontal line.
tecla de desplazamiento hacia arriba  
↑ (up) key
up arrow key
 Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the ↑ (Up), ↓ (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.
 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the name of the database you wish to use.
tumbarse boca arriba 
lie on + Posesivo + back
 He lustily told her in one message that he wanted her lying on her back.
vuelto hacia arriba 
upturned
 Typically green, the Robin Hood hat also features an upturned brim with a feather tucked into it.

Trends of use of arriba

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARRIBA»

The term «arriba» is very widely used and occupies the 504 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARRIBA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about arriba

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4 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «ARRIBA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word arriba.
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Eduardo Galeano
La caridad es humillante porque se ejerce verticalmente y desde arriba; la solidaridad es horizontal e implica respetuo mutuo.
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Santiago Rusiñol i Prats
Una revolución es el triunfo de los ambiciosos de abajo sobre los medrosos de arriba.
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Proverbio rumano
La escalera ha de barrerse empezando por arriba.
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Buda
Pocos son entre los hombres los que llegan a la otra orilla; la mayor parte corre de arriba a abajo en estas playas.

10 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «ARRIBA»

Que por arriba, que por abajo, siempre tienen un pero las sopas de ajo.
Al hombre se le mide de cejas para arriba.
Arriba canas y abajo ganas.
Como no soy ningún río Tajo, lo mismo corro para arriba que para abajo.
Cuesta arriba o cuesta abajo, echa siempre por el atajo.
De cinta arriba, vieja y pelleja; de cinta abajo no hay mujer vieja.
De cuarenta años para arriba, no te mojes la barriga.
De la cinta arriba se mandan muchos; de la cinta abajo, pocos o Ningunos.
El agua cuesta arriba, dura poco, y menos el amor de niño y loco.
El que escupe para arriba en la cara le cae.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARRIBA»

Discover the use of arriba in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arriba and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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Patas arriba: la escuela del mundo al revés
Galeano es un escritor de feroz integridad, un poeta de la condición humana...” Selección de los mejores libros del año de The Village Voice, EEUU.
Eduardo Galeano, 2005
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Arriba! 3 Pupil Book
The third and fourth stages of this Spanish-language series constitute a self-standing GCSE course incorporating an integrated differentiation scheme which caters for both Foundation and Higher candidates.
Ana María Kolkowska, Libby Mitchell, 1997
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El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo
"Novela postuma, reune el trabajo de sus ultimos anos, que quedo incompleto o que completo de un modo tragico su propio suicidio. Edicion de Eve-Marie Fell."
José María Arguedas, Eve-Marie Fell, 1996
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La abuelita de arriba y la abuelita de abajo
A tomas le encantan esas visitas porque mientras la abuelita de abajo prepara en la cocina deliciosos pasteles, la abuelita de arriba le cuenta historias y le regala pastillas de menta.
Tomie dePaola, 1998
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Monte arriba, ¡los vascos!
De la misma manera, la novela de Sagastizabal constituye una afable vía de aproximación a un país en el que el humor, por paradójico que pueda parecer, es uno de los hilos conductores de la vida cotidiana.
Joxean Sagastizabal, 2008
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Corriente arriba: Manifiesto personalista y comunitario
Todo libro se halla entre el silencio y la repetición, pero siempre repetir es repedir; no importa pues la repetición, que siempre es nueva lo mismo que la carencia.
Carlos Díaz, 1985
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Arriba! 4 Pupil Book
Book 3 provides five theme-based chapters and Book 4 provides three theme-based chapters plus revision and exam preparation.
Ana María Kolkowska, Libby Mitchell, 1998
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El Tiempo en el cuento hispanoamericano: antología de ...
la noche boca arriba* Edelweis Serra El cuestionamiento de lo que ordinariamente se tiene por real, la búsqueda de otra realidad más vasta y profunda a través del mito, el sueño, la poesía, la aventura fuera del tiempo y del espacio ...
Samuel Gordon, 1989
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Cayendo hacia arriba: Mi historia
But in this first book to emerge from the group, founding member Taboo reminds us that great accomplishments are often rooted in humble beginnings.
Taboo, 2011
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Cartas a mi vecina de arriba
A hypersensitive man complains about his upstairs neighbor's new shoes and begins a fluid relationship with her, in a humorous and ironic tale.
Ariel Magnus, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARRIBA»

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El Europeo de Ámsterdam, el segundo gran reto de Álvaro de Arriba ...
El entrenador Juan Carlos Fuentes y Álvaro de Arriba, en la pista cubierta de .... Dos de dos para Álvaro de Arriba en 2016 y el tercer reto lo está acariciando ya ... «El Norte de Castilla, Jun 16»
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Daniel Andújar y Álvaro De Arriba, palabras mayores en Moratalaz
El Meeting de Madrid, disputado en la tarde del jueves en Moratalaz, nos deparó una lucha titánica entre Daniel Andújar y Álvaro De Arriba por dicho puesto. «WangConnection, Jun 16»
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La divertida versión 'Arriba, maricón' de Kika Lorace a ritmo del ...
¡Vamos arriba maricón, dale! ¡Vamos a mover esos abdominales! El nuevo vídeo de la 'drag queen' Kika Lorace es de lo más divertido. Rodeada de chulazos ... «Radio Europa FM, Jun 16»
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El Ayuntamiento de Ribera de Arriba pide a los vecinos que dejen ...
El Ayuntamiento de Ribera de Arriba ha emitido un comunicado en el que solicita a los vecinos que "dejen de alimentar a los gatos errantes en espacios ... «El Comercio Digital, Jun 16»
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Asesinan a una colombiana en Costa Arriba de Colón
Asesinan a una colombiana en Costa Arriba de Colón ... de 73 años, fue encontrada sin vida en su casa ubicada n Río La Iguanita, en la Costa Arriba de Colón. «Crítica, Jun 16»
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El “Secreto de Arriba” gana la ruta de tapas 2016 de Palazuelos
En lo gastronómico, el claro ganador de la presente edición ha sido el Bar de Arriba, de Tabanera del Monte, por su “Secreto de Arriba”, secreto con mermelada ... «Acueducto2.com, May 16»
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Presidente Medina inaugura carretera Piedra Blanca-Juan Adrián ...
RANCHO ARRIBA.-El Presidente Danilo Medina encabezó este miércoles el acto inaugural de la carretera Piedra Blanca-Juan Adrián-Rancho Arriba, de 29 ... «Acento, Apr 16»
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Condemios de Arriba (Guadalajara) acogerá este fin de semana la ...
La localidad de Condemios de Arriba (Guadalajara) acogerá este sábado y domingo, 16 y 17 de abril, la prueba '7Horquillas', una exhibición de 'freeride', ... «Lainformacion.com, Apr 16»
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La droga se extiende a O Vao de Arriba
Sin embargo, O Vao de Arriba tenía mejor fama. Las detenciones de ayer confirman que la droga ha penetrado en esta parte del poblado y ahora tan solo resta ... «Faro de Vigo, Apr 16»
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Villanueva de Arriba (Palencia) pide ayuda a la Diputación para ...
La entidad local menor de Villanueva de Arriba (Palencia), perteneciente a la pedanía de Santibáñez de la Peña ha pedido ayuda a la Diputación para una ... «20minutos.es, Apr 16»

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