Meanings (ES + gloss)
expresión • frase
A short written or spoken expression.
frase • sintagma
A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
Holonyms: clause, sentence; phrasing, phraseology, turn of phrase; phrase-book; document, message; language; communication
Meronyms: head, complement, adjunct, supplement, modifier; term, word
frase
A small section of music in a larger piece.
Phrases
activation phraseadjectival phraseadpositional phraseadverbial phraseantecedent phrasebombard phrasebombard-phrasebuzz-phrasecatch phrasecatch-phrasecatchphrasecoin a phraseconjunctional phraseconsequent phrasecounterphrasedeterminer phraseempty phrasefiller phrasefixed phraseinflectional phraseinterjectional phraseinterphraseintonational phrasekeyphrasemidphrasemisphraseparticipial phraseparting phrasepassphrasepet phrasephonological phrasephrasablephrasalphrase bookphrase namephrase structurephrase-bookphrasebookphrasehoodphraseless
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
expresar • formular • frasear
To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
These suns — for so they phrase 'em.