decalque linguístico — meaning in English
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English meaning
- calque noun A word or phrase formed in one language by translating the parts of a word or phrase in another language piece by piece.
Senses
decalque linguístico is used for these senses in English:
- calque (linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
calque — full definition
- noun A word or phrase formed in one language by translating the parts of a word or phrase in another language piece by piece.
- verb To adopt a word or phrase from another language by translating its parts.
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