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• 1 a (for mending clothes) remiendo (m) parche (m); (for reinforcing) refuerzo (m); (on knee) rodillera (f); (on elbow) codera (f) b (eye patch) parche (m) en el ojo

• 2 a (area) she slipped on a patch of ice/oil = resbaló en el hielo/en una mancha de aceite a damp patch = una mancha de humedad to go through a bad o rough o sticky patch (BrE) = pasar por una mala racha b (of land) a patch of ground = un área de terreno a vegetable patch = un huerto c (territory) (BrE) (colloq) my/his patch = mi/su territorio