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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

tag question

Spanish translation:

coletilla interrogativa

Added to glossary by Marsha Wilkie
Mar 11, 2005 13:16
19 yrs ago
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English term

tag question

English to Spanish Art/Literary Linguistics Grammar
The document is an English course for foreign students in the USA. Yet they need the exact word in Spanish.
I'm considering: preguntas apósitas, preguntas apositivas, coletillas. I would appreciate any other ideas. Web references would be appreciated. Thank you, dear colleagues.
Proposed translations (Spanish)
3 +2 coletilla interrogativa
4 cláusula final interrogativa

Proposed translations

+2
7 mins
Selected

coletilla interrogativa

Según el diccionario Oxford

Además aparece en páginas del Ministerio de Educación

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-03-11 13:26:02 GMT)
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http://www.um.es/tonosdigital/znum2/pdfs/pdfDoblajeCapuz.PDF
Reference:

http://www.sgci.mec.es/redele/biblioteca2005/murillo/6.2.pdf

www.clas.ufl.edu/users/ camps/Spring05/TerminologiaE-I.doc

Peer comment(s):
agree Clara Nino
9 hrs
agree Cecilia Della Croce
1 day 1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias, Almudena. Exactamente lo que necesitaba. Y aceptada por quien me encargó el trabajo."
17 mins

cláusula final interrogativa

Declined
Collins Dictionary.
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Comment: "Gracias, pero escogí una frase más corta."
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