Ortega y Gasset

[ awr-tey-guh ee gah-set; Spanish awr-te-gah ee gahs-set ]

/ ɔrˈteɪ gə i gɑˈsɛt; Spanish ɔrˈtɛ gɑ i gɑsˈsɛt /

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noun

Jo·sé

[haw-se], /hɔˈsɛ/, 1883–1955, Spanish philosopher, journalist, and critic.

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How to use Ortega y Gasset in a sentence

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Very bass-y house, if I was in my element and playing what I like to play.
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D'o l'on peut aussy veoir, quelle esperance il y a de planter une belle chrestient par tels evangelistes.
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Il n'y eut celuy de nous qui ne jugeast tel metheore prodigieux.
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British Dictionary definitions for Ortega y Gasset

Ortega y Gasset

/ (Spanish ɔrˈteɣa i ɡaˈsɛt) /

noun

José (xoˈse). 1883–1955, Spanish essayist and philosopher. His best-known work is The Revolt of the Masses (1930)

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