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Noun
paráfrase f (plural paráfrases)
- paraphrase (explanation or new presentation of a text or document that seeks to make the information contained therein more understandable)
- (linguistics) paraphrase (statement or text that reformulates, for explanatory or interpretative purposes, the same information from another statement or another text, but using other linguistic resources)
- paraphrase (free and developed translation)
- (colloquial) malicious remark (comment that reveals evil)
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