traduce
pronunciation
How to pronounce traduce in British English:
UK [trəˈdju:s]
How to pronounce traduce in American English:
US [trəˈdus]
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- Verb:
- speak unfavorably about
Word Origin
- traduce (v.)
- 1530s, "alter, change over, transport," from Latin traducere "change over, convert," also "lead in parade, make a show of, dishonor, disgrace," originally "lead along or across, bring through, transfer" (source also of French traduire, Spanish traducir, Italian tradurre), from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Sense of "defame, slander" in English is from 1580s, from Latin traducere in the sense of "scorn or disgrace," a figurative use from the notion of "to lead along as a spectacle." Related: Traduced; traducing.
Example
- 1. It is necessary to in traduce the legislative responsibility into the constitutional system .