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"Historical" is an adjective which is often translated as "histórico", and "historic" is an adjective which is also often translated as "histórico". Learn more about the difference between "historical" and "historic" below.
historical(
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
historic(
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. histórico
When we visited Rome, we went on a tour of all the historic sites.Cuando visitamos Roma, hicimos un recorrido turístico por todos los lugares históricos.
2. (momentous)
a. histórico
The determination of the helical structure of DNA was a historic scientific discovery.La determinación de la estructura helicoidal del ADN fue un descubrimiento científico histórico.
