tópico

adj.

1 commonplace, topical, platitudinous.

2 topical, applied to the surface, local.

m.

1 topic, subject, issue, subject matter.

2 platitude.

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tópico

► adjetivo

1 MEDICINA external

■ uso tópico external use

► nombre masculino tópico

1 commonplace, cliché

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tópico

► nombre masculino

1 commonplace, cliché

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1. ADJ

1) (Med) local

de uso tópico — for external use

2) (=trillado) commonplace, trite

2. SM

1) (=lugar común) commonplace, cliché

2) LAm (=tema) topic, subject

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I

-ca adjetivo

1) <comentario/afirmación> trite

2) (Farm)

uso tópico — for external use only

II

masculino

a) (tema, asunto) topic, subject

b) (tema trillado) hackneyed subject; (expresión) cliché

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= cliche, platitude, hackneyed expression.

Ex. The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.

Ex. I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with a model collection development policy rather than, as Ruth succinctly stated a moment ago, 'grandiose platitudes' with liberty and justice for all.

Ex. By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.

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* de uso tópico = use + topically.

* uso tópico = for external use only.

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I

-ca adjetivo

1) <comentario/afirmación> trite

2) (Farm)

uso tópico — for external use only

II

masculino

a) (tema, asunto) topic, subject

b) (tema trillado) hackneyed subject; (expresión) cliché

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= cliche, platitude, hackneyed expression.

Ex: The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.

Ex: I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with a model collection development policy rather than, as Ruth succinctly stated a moment ago, 'grandiose platitudes' with liberty and justice for all.

Ex: By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.

* de uso tópico = use + topically.

* uso tópico = for external use only.

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tópico¹ -ca

adjective

A ‹comentario/afirmación› trite, hackneyed, clichéd

B (Farm):

[ S ] uso tópico for external use only

tópico²

masculine

1 (tema, asunto) topic, subject

2 (tema trillado) hackneyed subject; (expresión) cliché, trite phrase/expression, commonplace

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tópico 1

◊ -ca adjetivo

1 ‹comentario/afirmación› trite
2 (Farm): (on signs) uso tópico for external use only
tópico 2 sustantivo masculino

a) (tema, asunto) topic, subject

b) (tema trillado) hackneyed subject;

(expresión) cliché
tópico,-a
I adjetivo
1 Med Farm uso tópico, for external use
2 (comentario) trite
II m (lugar común, frase hecha) commonplace, cliché, platitude
'tópico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cliché
- tópica
- uso
English:
commonplace
- platitude
- take in

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tópico, -a

♦ adj

1. Med topical

2. [manido] clichéd

♦ nm

cliché

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tópico

I adj MED

:

de uso tópico for external use

II m cliché, platitude

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tópico, -ca adj

1) : topical, external

2) : trite, commonplace

tópico nm

1) : topic, subject

2) : cliché, trite expression