- comillas
- f.pl.1 inverted commas, quotation marks ("" "").entre comillas in inverted commas2 ditto marks, ditto sign.* * *comillas► nombre femenino plural1 inverted commas, quotation marks\FRASEOLOGÍAabrir las comillas to open quotation markscerrar las comillas to close quotation marksentre comillas in inverted commas* * *SFPL quotation marks, quotes (EEUU)
entre comillas — in inverted commas, in quotes (EEUU)
* * *femenino plural quotation marks (pl), inverted commas (BrE) (pl)poner algo entre comillas — to put something in quotation marks o in inverted commas
son amigos entre comillas — (son más que amigos) they are friends in quotation marks o inverted commas; (no son verdaderos amigos) they are friends, or so they say
* * *= quotation marksEx. One of the safest forms of criticism is the use of quotation marks to indicate sentences or paragraphs for which the abstractor does not wish to take responsibility.* * *femenino plural quotation marks (pl), inverted commas (BrE) (pl)poner algo entre comillas — to put something in quotation marks o in inverted commas
son amigos entre comillas — (son más que amigos) they are friends in quotation marks o inverted commas; (no son verdaderos amigos) they are friends, or so they say
* * *= quotation marksEx: One of the safest forms of criticism is the use of quotation marks to indicate sentences or paragraphs for which the abstractor does not wish to take responsibility.
* * *comillasfplquotation marks (pl), inverted commas (pl) (BrE)poner algo entre comillas to put sth in quotation marks o in inverted commasabran/cierren comillas open/close quotation marks o inverted commasdijo que era, entre comillas, una maravilla he said it was, and I quote, a marvel* * *
comillas sustantivo femenino plural
quotation marks (pl), inverted commas (BrE) (pl);◊ poner algo entre comillas to put sth in quotation marks o in inverted commas
comillas fpl inverted commas, US quotation marks
♦ Locuciones: entre comillas, in inverted commas, US in quotation marks
'comillas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
English:
inverted commas
- quotation marks
- quote
- quotation
* * *comillas nfplquotation marks, Br inverted commas;abrir/cerrar comillas to open/close quotation marks;poner algo entre comillas to put sth in quotation marks o Br inverted commas;un “proceso democrático”, entre comillas, vigilado de cerca por los generales a, quote, “democratic process”, unquote, closely supervised by the generalsCompcomillas tipográficas curly quotes* * *comillasfpl quotation marks, Brinverted commas;poner entre comillas put in quotation marks o Br in inverted commas* * *comillas nfpl: quotation marksentre comillas: in quotes* * *comillas npl inverted commasentre comillas in inverted commas
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