traducir

to translate

verb trah-doo-SEER Less Common

Origin: From Latin traducere (to lead across).

Usage Note

Traducir is irregular in the preterite and present subjunctive (traduje, tradujiste…; traduzca). The preposition al is used for the target language: traducir al inglés (to translate into English). The noun is traducción and the professional is traductor/traductora.

Examples

"Tardó una hora en traducir el documento."

Natural Translation

It took him an hour to translate the document.

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