Calderón de la Barca
[ kahl-duh-rohn -del-uh -bahr-kuh; Spanish kahl-de-rawnde lah bahr-kah ]
/ ˌkɑl dəˈroʊn ˌdɛl ə ˈbɑr kə; Spanish ˌkɑl dɛˈrɔn dɛ lɑ ˈβɑr kɑ /
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noun
Pe·dro [pey-droh, ped-roh; Spanish pe-thraw], /ˈpeɪ droʊ, ˈpɛd roʊ; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/, 1600–81, Spanish dramatist and poet.
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Calderón de la Barca
/ (Spanish kaldeˈron de la ˈbarka) /
noun
Pedro (ˈpeðro). 1600–81, Spanish dramatist, whose best-known work is La Vida es Sueño. He also wrote autos sacramentales, outdoor plays for the feast of Corpus Christi, 76 of which survive.
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