calco

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calco
masculine noun
1tracing (reproducción)
  • papel de calco -> carbon paper
2carbon copy (imitación)
  • es un calco de -> it's a carbon copy of
3calque, loan translation (linguistics)

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calco [cahl’-co]
noun
1A counter-drawing copied by means of pressure: a drawing made from another by means of a transparent paper; a tracing. (m)

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calco
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Técnica) tracing
2 (Lingüística) calque;de on; loan translation;de from
3 (imitación) copy; imitation
ser un calco de algn to be the spitting image of sb
4 calcos (muy_familiar) (pies) plates; (muy_familiar) feet; (zapatos) shoes

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