| VERB | change | expurgar | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
|---|
| Sentit | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. | |
|---|---|---|
| General | abreujar, contraure, contreure, encongir, escurçar | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| Anglès | bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten | |
| Espanyol | expurgar | |
| Noms | Thomas Bowdler | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) |
| expurgació | The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work | |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots