Definition of "plena" [plena]

• A plural of plenum. (noun)

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• "The other procedure, adopción plena, is much more complicated and is available to foreigners who want to adopt Mexican children, but since it requires that the child lose its birth apellidos (the two last names that everyone born in México has), it is only available for adopting children less than 5 years old (no school or other public records to change!)."
• "There are two types of adoption in México, adopción plena and adopción simple."
• "Ese mismo da, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, el FBI se encarg de requisar todos sus materiales, cajas, cuadernos de notas, crendose el Informe Tesla y realizando registros en aquellos lugares donde Nikola Tesla pudiera tener anotaciones o referencias de sus inventos.!"