refrán

m.

popular saying, adage, proverb, saying.

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refrán

► nombre masculino

1 proverb, saying

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como dice el refrán as the saying goes

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SM proverb, saying

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

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masculino saying, proverb

como dice or según reza el refrán — as the saying goes

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= adage, wise saying, old saying, saying, saw, refrain, proverb.

Ex. But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.

Ex. Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.

Ex. Chapters include drinking and moonshine, courting, old cures and remedies, fishing and hunting, plus a chapter of pithy quotes and old sayings.

Ex. 'Practice makes perfect' is a saying that can be applied to reading.

Ex. And his life confirms the famous old saw: No man is a prophet in his own land.

Ex. The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.

Ex. As the old Chinese proverb tells us 'To prophesy is extremely difficult, especially about the future'.

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* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* refrán bíblico = biblical saying.

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masculino saying, proverb

como dice or según reza el refrán — as the saying goes

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= adage, wise saying, old saying, saying, saw, refrain, proverb.

Ex: But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.

Ex: Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.

Ex: Chapters include drinking and moonshine, courting, old cures and remedies, fishing and hunting, plus a chapter of pithy quotes and old sayings.

Ex: 'Practice makes perfect' is a saying that can be applied to reading.

Ex: And his life confirms the famous old saw: No man is a prophet in his own land.

Ex: The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.

Ex: As the old Chinese proverb tells us 'To prophesy is extremely difficult, especially about the future'.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* refrán bíblico = biblical saying.

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refrán

masculine

saying, proverb

como dice or según reza el refrán as the saying goes

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refrán sustantivo masculino
saying, proverb;

◊ como dice el refrán as the saying goes

refrán sustantivo masculino proverb, saying

'refrán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dicha
- dicho
- sonar
English:
proverb
- run
- saying

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refrán nm

proverb, saying;

como dice el refrán,… as the saying goes,…, as they say,…

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refrán

m saying

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refrán nm, pl refranes adagio: proverb, saying

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refrán n saying