Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

vernacular

English translation:

vernacular

Added to glossary by Aoife Kennedy
Mar 10, 2004 10:34
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term

vernacular

Non-PRO Spanish to English Social Sciences Media / Multimedia
A short wave radio broadcast has a vernacular sign on. That is the station is announced in more than 3 or 4 languages.

This is radio RSA, Ici radio rsa, like that . I can not find the word for "venacular". Help please???
Proposed translations (English)
5 +5 vernacular
5 vernacular

Proposed translations

+5
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vernacular

Are you looking for the term in Spanish or English? In English, "vernacular" means the everyday language spoken by the people of a particular country/region, as opposed to language which is literary.
Peer comment(s):

agree Hazel Whiteley
4 mins
agree Alex Zelkind (X) : It's Latin - should be the same in both languages
12 mins
agree Maria Lorenzo
23 mins
agree x-Translator (X)
5 hrs
agree Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
17 hrs
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5 days

vernacular

it is the same in english and spanish. vernacular (in both) means the language that is commonly spoken by the people.
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