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adage:
- Wiktionary:
  adage → adagio, refrán, dicho
  adage → dicho, proverbio, refrán, adagio, veredicto, sentencia
- Synonyms for "adage":
  proverb; saw; byword; saying; expression; locution

English

Detailed Translations for adage from English to Spanish

adage:

Translation Matrix for adage:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	byword; proverb; saw
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	proverb

Synonyms for "adage":

proverb; saw; byword; saying; expression; locution

Related Definitions for "adage":

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people¹

Wiktionary Translations for adage:

adage

noun

old saying
- adage → adagio; refrán; dicho

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• adage	→ dicho	↔ Diktum — bildungssprachlich: geistreicher, bedeutsamer Ausspruch
• adage	→ proverbio; refrán	↔ Sprichwort — Sinnspruch volkstümlichen Charakters, meist anonym überliefert; oft erzieherisch gedachter Erfahrungssatz, der treffend und bildmächtig formuliert ist
• adage	→ dicho; refrán	↔ dicton — Mot ou phrase qui a pris la forme d'une référence a l'expérience, au savoir des anciens.
• adage	→ adagio; proverbio; refrán	↔ proverbe — Sentence, maxime (1)
• adage	→ veredicto; sentencia	↔ sentence — apophtegme, maxime, opinion exprimée d’une manière dogmatique.

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