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2 Translation results for phrases in Spanish

noun | verb

phrase noun

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phrases
frase, locución

Example sentences of
phrase noun

  • •Answer the questions in complete sentences, not phrases.
  • •She used the phrase “I strongly believe” too many times in her speech.
  • •Underline the key words or phrases in the paragraph.
  • •To borrow a phrase from my mother, I spend too much time “watching the boob tube” and not enough time outside.
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Synonyms of
phrase noun

idiom, expression

Detailed synonyms for phrase noun

Phrase, idiom, expression significan un grupo de palabras que juntas expresan una noción, y que puede ser usado como parte de una oración.
  • Phrase puede aplicarse a cualquier grupo de palabras que se repite frecuentemente, pero que sirve normalmente para connotar una cualidad distintiva, como por ejemplo, lo trillado, lo conciso o lo penetrante de una cosa <a poem made up of short, unconnected phrases>.
  • Idiom se aplica a una combinación de palabras constitutivas que es típica del lenguaje en la que ocurre, ya sea en sus relaciones gramaticales, o en su significado figurado <everyone uses common idioms such as "catch a cold">.
  • Expression puede preferirse cuando una referencia a un modo de expresarse es calificada por un adjetivo, una frase o una cláusula <"the whole nine yards" had always seemed an odd expression to her>.
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phrase verb

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phrased, has phrased, is phrasing, phrases
expresar

Example sentences of
phrase verb

  • •He phrased his version of the story in a way that made him look good.
  • •The question was awkwardly phrased.
  • •The singer phrased the music beautifully.
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Reverse translation for phrases

frase  - phrase, sentence 
locución  - locution, phrase 
expresar  - to express 
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