calques
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Realia: transcription, transliteration and calques 37. | Realia: transcripción, transliteración y calcos 37. |
In this sentence, the words mareketa, troca, parquiamos, and bloque are direct calques—or borrowings—of English. | En esta frase, las palabras mareketa (mercado), troca (camioneta), parquiar (estacionarse) y bloque (cuadra) son calcos –o préstamos directos– del inglés. |
There are also instances of fake calques, or pseudocalques, or presumed calques. | También hay casos de calcos falsos, pseudocalcos o falsos préstamos. |
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