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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. literal
El poeta utilizó la palabra en el sentido metafórico, no en el literal.The poet used the word metaphorically and not in the literal sense.
a. literal
Esa no es una cita literal. Cambiaste algunas palabras.That's not a literal quote. You changed some words.
b. word-for-word
El texto es una transcripción literal del discurso.The text is a word-for-word transcription of the speech.
a. literal
A veces la traducción literal no suena natural en el idioma de llegada.Sometimes the literal translation doesn't sound natural in the target language.
b. word-for-word
Este programa solamente hace traducciones literales.This software only does word-for-word translations.
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