trasfondo

m.

1 background (contexto).

2 hidden meaning, implied meaning, undertone, occult meaning.

3 context, significance, meaning, double meaning.

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trasfondo

► nombre masculino

1 background

2 figurado undertone

■ un trasfondo de amargura an undertone of sorrow

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SM [gen] background; [de crítica] undertone, undercurrent

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masculino background

había un trasfondo de resentimiento en lo que dijo — there was an undertone of resentment in her words

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= background, undercurrent, undertone, subtext.

Ex. In the background has often been the need, at a time of declining financial resources, to demonstrate the relevance of the library to all sectors of society and there can sometimes be detected an element of patronization.

Ex. Results indicate an exceedingly positive attitude, even though there is a strong undercurrent of personal frustration and irritation.

Ex. Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.

Ex. Another subtext is the tendency for the sensationalist Japanese media to blow things out of all proportion.

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* encontrarse en el trasfondo de = lie at + the root of.

* en el trasfondo de = at the root of.

* teniendo como trasfondo = against + background of.

* teniendo esto como trasfondo = against this background.

* trasfondo social = social background.

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masculino background

había un trasfondo de resentimiento en lo que dijo — there was an undertone of resentment in her words

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= background, undercurrent, undertone, subtext.

Ex: In the background has often been the need, at a time of declining financial resources, to demonstrate the relevance of the library to all sectors of society and there can sometimes be detected an element of patronization.

Ex: Results indicate an exceedingly positive attitude, even though there is a strong undercurrent of personal frustration and irritation.

Ex: Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.

Ex: Another subtext is the tendency for the sensationalist Japanese media to blow things out of all proportion.

* encontrarse en el trasfondo de = lie at + the root of.

* en el trasfondo de = at the root of.

* teniendo como trasfondo = against + background of.

* teniendo esto como trasfondo = against this background.

* trasfondo social = social background.

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trasfondo

masculine

background

el trasfondo político the political background

sentí un trasfondo de resentimiento en lo que dijo I detected an undertone o undercurrent of resentment in her words

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trasfondo sustantivo masculino background
(poso, regusto) su actitud tiene un trasfondo de hipocresía, there is an undercurrent of hypocrisy in her attitude
'trasfondo' also found in these entries:
English:
undercurrent
- undertone
- under

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trasfondo nm

1. [contexto] background;

el trasfondo histórico de la novela the historical background of the novel

2. [de palabras, intenciones] undertone

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trasfondo

m background; fig

undercurrent

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trasfondo nm

1) : background, backdrop

2) : undertone, undercurrent