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traducción

translation

noun trah-dook-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin 'translatio'.

Usage Note

Traducción refers to the act or product of translating between languages. Traducción directa is translating into your native language; traducción inversa is into a foreign language. The verb is traducir (irregular: traduzco, traduje), and a translator is traductor/a. A false friend alert: English 'tradition' is tradición, not traducción.

Examples

"La traducción del contrato tardó dos días."

Natural Translation

The translation of the contract took two days.

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