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All the words: Spanish

estribar

Level C1

Meaning

to lie in, to rest on

Example

La dificultad estriba en convencer a los vecinos.

The difficulty lies in convincing the residents.

A way to remember it

From estribo "stirrup": your weight rests on it. Not estibar "to stow cargo".

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