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Spanish translation: modismo


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English term or phrase:idiom
Spanish translation:modismo
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22:48 Apr 14, 2001
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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: idiom
This term is used within this context:
"The student use some common idioms"
Mil gracias,

jackie
ijmiller
modismo
Explanation:
"El estudiante usa algunos modismos comunes"

Así lo definen las rúbricas o guías para calificar la habilidad de expresión oral o escrita de los estudiantes en la primaria, en el Distrito Escolar adonde trabajo.

Saludos afectuosos de Oso :^)
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Gracias de nuevo,
Jackie
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Summary of answers provided
naexpresión idiomáticaAurora Humarán
naModismos, expresiones características de la lenguaPaola Baredes
naModismo / giro del lenguaje
Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
namodismoxxxOso
naexpresión idiomáticaAlba Mora
nalocución
David Lowery


  

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10 mins
locución


Explanation:
Locución means idiom or expression.

David Lowery
Local time: 17:26
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Bertha S. Deffenbaugh

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21 mins
expresión idiomática


Explanation:
Esa es la traducción al castellano de la palabra "idiom" en Inglés. la usamos en la terminología educativa.

Suerte

Alba Mora
Local time: 18:26
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2 hrs
modismo


Explanation:
"El estudiante usa algunos modismos comunes"

Así lo definen las rúbricas o guías para calificar la habilidad de expresión oral o escrita de los estudiantes en la primaria, en el Distrito Escolar adonde trabajo.

Saludos afectuosos de Oso :^)


    Mi trabajo :^)
xxxOso
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 964
Grading comment
Gracias de nuevo,
Jackie

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anam

Ginnett Zabala
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14 hrs
Modismo / giro del lenguaje


Explanation:
Un "Idiom" es un modismo o giro del lenguaje que no se puede traducir literalmente. Ejemplo: PUT OFF=POSTPONE, etc, etc.
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Del ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY:

id·i·om [íddee m ] (plural id·i·oms) noun

1. fixed expression with nonliteral meaning: a fixed, distinctive, and often colorful expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the combined meanings of its individual words, for example, "to have somebody in stitches"

2. natural way of using a language: the way of using a particular language that comes naturally to its native speakers and involves both knowledge of its grammar and familiarity with its usage

3. stylistic expression of person or group: the style of expression of a specific individual or group

4. ARTS distinguishing artistic style: the characteristic style of an artist or artistic group


[Late 16th century. Directly or via French idiome from late Latin idioma , from Greek, "property, peculiarity," from, ultimately, idios (see idio- ).]



Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition]


Bertha S. Deffenbaugh
Local time: 14:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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1 day6 hrs
expresión idiomática


Explanation:
Es la traducción y, de hecho, cuando en inglés se habla de diccionarios de "idioms" en español se llama Diccionarios de Expresiones Idiomáticas.


    experiencia
Aurora Humarán
Argentina
Local time: 18:26
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1 day21 hrs
Modismos, expresiones características de la lengua


Explanation:
Suerte,

PGB

Paola Baredes
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