Traducer

tra·duce

[truh-doos, -dyoos]
verb (used with object), tra·duced, tra·duc·ing.
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin trādūcere, variant of trānsdūcere to transfer, display, expose, equivalent to trāns- trans- + dūcere to lead

tra·duce·ment, noun
tra·duc·er, noun
tra·duc·ing·ly, adverb
un·tra·duced, adjective


vilify, decry, disparage.


praise.
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traduce (trəˈdjuːs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to speak badly of
 
[C16: from Latin trādūcere to lead over, transmit, disgrace, from trans- + dūcere to lead]
 
tra'ducement
 
n
 
tra'ducer
 
n
 
tra'ducible
 
adj

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traduce (trəˈdjuːs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to speak badly of
 
[C16: from Latin trādūcere to lead over, transmit, disgrace, from trans- + dūcere to lead]
 
tra'ducement
 
n
 
tra'ducer
 
n
 
tra'ducible
 
adj

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traduce
1533, "to alter, change over, transport," from L. traducere "change over, convert," originally "lead along or across, transfer," from trans- "across" + ducere "to lead" (see duke). Sense of "defame, slander" (1586) is from L. traducere in the sense of "to scorn or disgrace,"
probably from the notion of "to lead along as a spectacle."
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