avatar
/abaˈtaɾ/ · B2 · noun · m
embodiment
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Avatar comes from Sanskrit avatāra, meaning a god's descent into earthly form. Spanish uses it for a digital stand-in and also for life's changes of form, the ups and downs, as in los avatares de la vida.