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Those phrases, translated from Spanish, are known as calques.
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Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 26 July 2023
Merii to document Spanish-origin calques in the English spoken in South Florida.
—Phillip M. Carter, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
But in both French and English, the descriptor is a calque from the German, whose speakers seem not only to find all the rat kings, but also to be the ones talking nonstop about them.
—Adrian Daub, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
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Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 26 July 2023
Merii to document Spanish-origin calques in the English spoken in South Florida.
—Phillip M. Carter, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
But in both French and English, the descriptor is a calque from the German, whose speakers seem not only to find all the rat kings, but also to be the ones talking nonstop about them.
—Adrian Daub, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
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“Calque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calque. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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