clave

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Spanish term or phrase:	clave
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Entered by:	David Russi

12:51 Feb 14, 2008

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Spanish term or phrase: clave

My question is regarding the spanish word "clave", when using it to mean key in the context such as key ideas, or key actions for example - In the case of these two examples, is clave pluralised in Spanish i.e. "ideas claves" / acciones claves etc or does clave stay in the singular "ideas clave"?

Chloe Byrne

clave

Explanation:
Pese a que es muy común el uso del plural, debería usarse en singular (mira los ejemplos del DRAE a continuación).

DRAE

clave.

(Del lat. clavis, llave).

1. m. clavecín.

2. f. Código de signos convenidos para la transmisión de mensajes secretos o privados.

3. f. Conjunto de reglas y correspondencias que explican este código.

4. f. Nota o explicación que necesitan algunos libros o escritos para la inteligencia de su composición artificiosa; como la Argenis de Barclayo.

5. f. Noticia o idea por la cual se hace comprensible algo que era enigmático.

6. f. Signo o combinación de signos para hacer funcionar ciertos aparatos.

7. f. U. en aposición para referirse a algo básico, fundamental, decisivo. Jornada clave. Fechas clave. Tema clave.

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