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figurative:
- metafórico; figurado; en sentido figurado; supuesto; indebido; impropio; figurativo
Wiktionary:
- figurative → figurado, figurativo
- figurative → figurativo, gráfico, figurativa

English

Detailed Translations for figurative from English to Spanish

figurative:

figurative adj

figurative (metaphorical)
metafórico; figurado; en sentido figurado; supuesto
- metafórico adj
- figurado adj
- en sentido figurado adj
- supuesto adj
figurative
indebido; impropio
- indebido adj
- impropio adj
figurative
figurativo
- figurativo adj

Translation Matrix for figurative:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	figural; nonliteral
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
en sentido figurado	figurative; metaphorical
figurado	figurative; metaphorical
figurativo	figurative
impropio	figurative	amiss; bad; bad mannered; disgraceful; erroneously; false; faulty; immoral; impertinent; improper; inaccurate; inappropriate; incorrect; indecent; indelicat; mistakenly; not suiting; off; off target; out of place; outrageous; rude; scandalous; shameful; tactless; through an oversight; uncalled for; unseemly; unsuitable; wrong; wrongly
indebido	figurative	improper; inappropriate; indelicat; out of place; rude; tactless; uncalled for; unseemly; unsuitable
metafórico	figurative; metaphorical
supuesto	figurative; metaphorical	alias; also known as; called; changeling; going by the name of; known as; named; ostensible; pretended; reputed; so called; supposed; supposititious; what they call

Related Words for "figurative":

figuratively

Synonyms for "figurative":

nonliteral; analogical; extended; metaphorical; metaphoric; metonymic; metonymical; poetic; synecdochic; synecdochical; tropical; rhetorical
figural; representational

Antonyms for "figurative":

literal

Related Definitions for "figurative":

(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech¹
- figurative language¹
consisting of or forming human or animal figures¹
- the figurative art of the humanistic tradition¹

Wiktionary Translations for figurative:

figurative

adjective

metaphorical; not literal
- figurative → figurado; figurativo

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• figurative	→ figurativo	↔ figuratief — kunst\|nld met beelden werkend of daaruit bestaand
• figurative	→ gráfico	↔ bildlich — durch ein Bild veranschaulicht
• figurative	→ figurativo; figurativa	↔ figurativ — veraltend: in Bezug auf Wortbedeutungen: übertragen, figürlich, im übertragenen Sinn

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University