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figurative language

figurative language (lenguaje figurado)

words used in a non-literal way to create a picture or a feeling, as in similes, metaphors and personification.

Example

The office was a zoo on Monday morning. (Not a real zoo: it was loud and wild.)

In Spanish

figurative language (lenguaje figurado) — palabras usadas de forma no literal para crear una imagen o un sentimiento, como en los símiles, las metáforas y la personificación.

The office was a zoo on Monday morning. (No era un zoológico de verdad: había mucho ruido y desorden.)

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