HyperDic: loan_translation

English > 1 sense of the expression loan translation:
NOUNcommunicationloan translation, calque, calque formationan expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
English > loan translation: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language.
Synonymscalque, calque formation
Broadersaying, expression, locutionA word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
Spanishcalco léxico, calco lingüístico, calco, calco semántico
Catalancalc lingüístic, calc, calc semàntic

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