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vernacular

/vəˈnækjələ/ /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/

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noun

Vernáculo, lengua vernácula

The language of a people or a national language.

Examples :

"A vernacular of the United States is English."

El inglés es una lengua vernácula de los Estados Unidos.

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noun

Vernáculo, lengua vernácula

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

Examples :

"Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere."

El vernáculo callejero puede ser muy diferente de lo que se escucha en otros lugares.

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noun

Vernáculo, jerga, argot

Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.

Examples :

"For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language."

Para los de cierta edad, el vernáculo del hip-hop bien podría ser una lengua extranjera.

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noun

Vernáculo, lengua vernácula

A language lacking standardization or a written form.

Examples :

"In the remote mountain village, the people speak a unique vernacular passed down through generations, with no formal grammar rules or written alphabet. "

En el remoto pueblo de montaña, la gente habla una lengua vernácula única transmitida de generación en generación, sin reglas gramaticales formales ni alfabeto escrito.

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noun

Vernáculo, lengua vernácula

Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.

Examples :

"Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular."

El Vaticano II permitió la celebración de la misa en lengua vernácula.

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adjective

Vernáculo, vulgar

Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

Examples :

"The children spoke in a vernacular dialect at recess, using phrases their parents wouldn't understand. "

Los niños hablaban en un dialecto vernáculo en el recreo, usando frases que sus padres no entenderían.

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adjective

Vernáculo, nativo, autóctono

Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.

Examples :

"a vernacular disease"

una enfermedad vernácula

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adjective

Vernáculo, local

Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.

Examples :

"The house was built using vernacular architecture, featuring locally sourced stone and a design common to the village. "

La casa fue construida utilizando arquitectura vernácula, con piedra de origen local y un diseño común en el pueblo.

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adjective

Vernáculo, nativo

Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

Examples :

"The school's student council used vernacular expressions that were familiar to everyone in the community, but not common in the textbooks. "

El consejo estudiantil de la escuela usó expresiones vernáculas que eran familiares para todos en la comunidad, pero no comunes en los libros de texto.

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