What does calco semántico in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word calco semántico in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use calco semántico in Spanish.

The word calco semántico in Spanish means carbon copy, calque, loan translation, copy, imitation, trace, copy, calque. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word calco semántico

carbon copy

nombre masculino (copia con papel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El investigador hizo un calco de la pintura rupestre sobre papel.
The researcher made a carbon copy of the painting on a piece of paper.

calque, loan translation

nombre masculino (término extranjero) (formal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
"Basketball" es un extranjerismo, "basquetbol" un préstamo del inglés y "baloncesto" un calco.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Coup d' etat is a calque from the French.

copy, imitation

nombre masculino (imitación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No tienes que ser un calco de tu hermano, sé tú mismo.
You don't have to be a copy of your brother, be yourself.

trace

verbo transitivo (dibujo, texto: copiar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
He calcado los planos en papel cebolla.
I traced the drawings on tracing paper.

copy

verbo transitivo (imitar, reproducir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ha calcado los pasos de baile a la primera.
He copied the dance steps on his first try.

calque

nombre masculino (adopción de un concepto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Decir "vuelo doméstico" en vez de "vuelo nacional" es un calco semántico.

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