coletilla
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la coletilla
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
a. postscript
"La libertad es un bien muy preciado y debemos hacer todo lo posible para preservarlo," añadió el orador a modo de coletilla de su discurso."Freedom is a very precious thing and we must do everything we can to preserve it," added the speaker by way of a postscript to his speech.
b. afterthought
Lo dijo como si fuera una coletilla, pero yo creo que lo tuvo en mente desde que empezó a hablar.She said it like it was an afterthought, but I think she'd had it in mind ever since she started talking.
a. tag
La expresión española "¿Verdad?" se traduce al inglés frecuentemente utilizando una coletilla interrogativa.The Spanish expression "¿Verdad?" is often translated into English using a question tag.
a. filler
En pragmática, se considera que las coletillas son una parte importante del discurso oral.In pragmatics, fillers are considered to be an important part of oral discourse.
b. pet phrase
Todos tenemos coletillas que repetimos continuamente cuando hablamos.We all have pet phrases that we repeat continuously when we talk.
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