por así decir
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This idiom may be literally translated as "for so saying."
por así decir
A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
1. (idiom) (used to refer to a figurative or unusual use of words)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. so to speak (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
La herencia que le dejó su abuelo fue, por así decir, la materia prima de su éxito.The estate he inherited from his grandfather was, so to speak, the raw material of his success.
b. as it were (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Es un concierto en directo, pero el cantante que ves, por así decir, es un holograma.It's a live concert, but the singer you're seeing, as it were, is a hologram.
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