retórica

adj.

rhetorical, oratorical.

f.

1 rhetoric.

2 figure of speech.

3 rhetorician, one who speaks with eloquence.

4 one who teaches rhetoric.

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retórica

► nombre femenino

1 rhetoric

► nombre femenino plural retóricas

1 familiar verbiage sing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

usar mucha retórica familiar to be full of hot air

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SF

1) (Literat) rhetoric

2) pl retóricas * (=palabrería) hot air sing , mere words

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femenino (Lit) rhetoric; (manera de hablar) rhetoric; (palabrería) tb

retóricas — empty rhetoric

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= rhetoric, discourse, hot air.

Ex. The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.

Ex. In many discourses 'policy making' and 'decision making' are synonymous terms.

Ex. All these annual events seem to generate a lot of hot air but very little materializes as a result especially in the Government sector.

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* retórica electoral = electoral discourse.

* retórica política = political rhetoric.

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femenino (Lit) rhetoric; (manera de hablar) rhetoric; (palabrería) tb

retóricas — empty rhetoric

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= rhetoric, discourse, hot air.

Ex: The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.

Ex: In many discourses 'policy making' and 'decision making' are synonymous terms.

Ex: All these annual events seem to generate a lot of hot air but very little materializes as a result especially in the Government sector.

* retórica electoral = electoral discourse.

* retórica política = political rhetoric.

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retórica

feminine

1 (Lit) rhetoric

2 (manera de hablar) rhetoric

3 (palabrería) tb

retóricas empty rhetoric

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retórico,-a adjetivo rhetorical
retórica sustantivo femenino
1 rhetoric
2 pey (hablar afectado, artificioso) rhetoric
3 fam pey (palabrería) déjate de retóricas y dinos qué ocurrió realmente, cut the nonsense and tell us what really happened
'retórica' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vacío
English:
apostrophe
- figure of speech
- rhetoric
- rhetorical
- figure

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retórica nf

1. [arte] rhetoric

2. [habla rebuscada] rhetoric, bombast

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retórica

f rhetoric

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retórica nf

: rhetoric