acto

[ ak-toh; Spanish ahk-taw ]

noun,plural ac·tos

[ak-tohz; Spanish ahk-taws]. /ˈæk toʊz; Spanish ˈɑk tɔs/. Southwestern U.S.

a short, realistic play, usually in Spanish, that dramatizes the social and economic problems of Chicanos.

Origin of acto

<Spanish: act

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The suspect, he said, was dressed in black and armed with what appeared to be an X-acto knife.
Another Campus Attack, This Time With a Knife | Christine Pelisek | April 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
acto continuo dispusironle una frugal colacin, y sentse con su hija la mesa.
Legends, Tales and Poems | Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
So fah so good, fo' a play-acto's church—ef you kin git sich a church into the imagination o' yo' mind!
Gideon's Band | George W. Cable
Confiaron su pensamiento a la doncella,15 quien ofreci protegerlo mediante una cantidad que se le entregara en el acto.
Doa Perfecta | Benito Prez Galds
It wuz long-headed, too, fo' Hugh an' the play-acto's to give him the job.
Gideon's Band | George W. Cable

He naturally became a candidate for sole regent after the passage of the acto Addicional, or amendment to the constitution.
The South American Republics Part I of II | Thomas C. Dawson

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