traduce

English

WOTD – 4 June 2010    

Etymology

From Latin trādūcō (“lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from trāns + dūcō (“I lead”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tɹəˈdjuːs/
• (US) IPA: /tɹəˈdus/, /tɹəˈdjus/

Verb

traduce (third-person singular simple present traduces, present participle traducing, simple past and past participle traduced)

1. (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 1, scene 4

     This heavy-headed revel east and west
     Makes us traduced and tax'd of other nations:

2. (archaic, transitive) To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, X:

     However therefore this complexion was first acquired, it is evidently maintained by generation, and by the tincture of the skin as a spermatical part traduced from father unto son [...].

3. (archaic, transitive) To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.
   • 1865, "The Last of the Tercentenary", Temple Bar, vol. XIII, Mar 1865:

     From Davenant down to Dumas, from the Englishman who improved Macbaeth to the Frenchman who traduced into the French of Paris four acts of Hamlet, and added a new fifth act of his own, Shakespeare has been disturbed in a way he little thought of when he menacingly provided for the repose of his bones.

Synonyms

• (pass on): hand down, bequeath, leave
• (malign or defamatory statements): defame, libel, slander
• (convert languages): translate
• See also Wikisaurus:defame

Derived terms

• traducement
• traducer
• traducingly
• traduction

Translations

to malign by making malicious and false or defamatory statements

• Finnish: panetella (fi)
• French: calomnier (fr), diffamer (fr)
• German: verleumden

• Russian: клеветать (ru) (klevetatʹ), злословить (ru) (zloslovitʹ), наговаривать (ru) (nagovarivatʹ), оговаривать (ru) (ogovarivatʹ)
• Spanish: calumniar (es), difamar (es)

to pass on; to transmit

• Finnish: siirtää (fi)
• Russian: передавать (ru) (peredavatʹ)

• Spanish: legar (es)

to pass into another form of expression

• Finnish: sovittaa (fi)
• French: traduire (fr)
• Italian: tradurre (it)

• Portuguese: traduzir (pt)
• Spanish: traducir (es)

Anagrams

• curated, Decatur, educrat

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /traˈdutʃe/

Verb

traduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of tradurre

Anagrams

• creduta, decurta

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Latin

Verb

trādūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of trādūcō

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Romanian

Etymology

Latin trādūcō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /traˈdu.tʃe/

Verb

a traduce 3rd conj.

1. to translate

Conjugation

traduce (third conjugation)

infinitive			a traduce
gerund			traducând
past participle			tradus
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	traduc	traduci	traduce	traducem	traduceți	traduc
	imperfect	traduceam	traduceai	traducea	traduceam	traduceați	traduceau
	simple perfect	tradusei	traduseși	traduse	traduserăm	traduserăți	traduseră
	pluperfect	tradusesem	traduseseși	tradusese	traduseserăm	traduseserăți	traduseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să traduc	să traduci	să traducă	să traducem	să traduceți	să traducă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		tradu			traduceți
	negative		nu traduce			nu traduceți

Derived terms

• traducere

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tɾaˈðuθe]

Verb

traduce (infinitive traducir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of traducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of traducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of traducir.