trasunto

See also: trasuntó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈsunto/ [t̪ɾaˈsũn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Syllabification: tra‧sun‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin trānsūmptus, past passive participle of transūmō (“to take from one to another”). Compare obsolete English transumpt.

Noun

trasunto m (plural trasuntos)

1. copy
   • 2015 September 23, “Gala más que Real”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Aunque la cabeza del PP madrileño bien pudiera parecer un trasunto de Lady MacBeth en connivencia con una Carmen poderosa y castiza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. likeness

Derived terms

• trasuntar (“to transcribe”)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

trasunto

1. first-person singular present indicative of trasuntar

Further reading

• “trasunto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10