Cela

[ the-lah ]

noun

1. Ca·mi·lo Jo·sé [kah-, mee, -law haw-, se], 1916–2001, Spanish writer.

Cela

/ ˈθela /

noun

1. CelaCamilo José19162002MSpanishWRITING: novelistWRITING: essayist Camilo José (kaˈmilo xoˈse). 1916–2002, Spanish novelist and essayist. His works include The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942), La Colmena (1951), and La Cruz de San Andres (1994). Nobel prize for literature 1989

Example Sentences

Only in its final moments did “Cela Nous” begin to address a question in Gutierrez’s program note: “What can liveness accomplish in a theater?”

From New York Times

Amid the sweaty bodies, fog and floating balloons in shapes of unicorns and elephants — perhaps a reference to “RainForest,” a 1968 Merce Cunningham dance featuring Mylar pillows by Andy Warhol with which “Cela Nous” was originally programmed — there was the chant of “Adieu” that turned into an a cappella song.

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“Quelque part cela semblait logique que ses petits aliens soient dans l’espace, à nous observer de là-haut,” explique M. Pesquet.

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Cela serait le summum de l’invasion de la vie privée par le monde digital.

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Mais cela ne l’intéresse pas.“C’est comme prendre une drogue, c’est comme un acte sexuel,” raconte-t-il.

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