paraphrase

paráfrasis

Versión de algo dicho o escrito que usa otras palabras sin cambiar el significado.

En inglés sencillo: A version of something said or written that uses different words but keeps the same meaning.

• This is a paraphrase of her answer.
• His paraphrase made the passage easier to understand.
• Compare your paraphrases with the original text.

Cómo se usa: paraphrase of something (She wrote a paraphrase of the final paragraph.)

Sinónimos: restatement, rewording

Expresiones frecuentes: paraphrase of something, brief paraphrase, accurate paraphrase

parafrasear, reformular

Expresar lo que alguien dijo o escribió con otras palabras, conservando su significado.

En inglés sencillo: To express what someone said or wrote in different words, keeping the same meaning.

• Can you paraphrase this sentence?
• She paraphrased his answer in simpler words.
• I am paraphrasing, but that was his main point.

Sinónimos: reword, restate

Expresiones frecuentes: paraphrase something, paraphrase a passage, paraphrase someone, paraphrase a statement