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Meanings of untranslatable in inglés

portugués
intraduzível

Not capable of being put into another form or style or language.

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        Usage of untranslatable in inglés
        1
        There is an untranslatable play upon words in the last two lines.
        The Romance of the Milky Way, and Other Studies & Stories
        2
        I became fascinated by those scalpel-sharp words that are untranslatable without remainder.
        The Guardian
        3
        The Proctor had been uttered by the alleyway like an untranslatable word.
        Cities in Flight
        4
        Artoo Detoo reexamined the nearing station and thought untranslatable electronic thoughts.
        Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
        5
        The mere ideas seemed to be untranslatable, to savour of madness.
        The Inheritors
        6
        Here is an attempt to translate the untranslatable, the sonnet called-
        Letters on Literature
        7
        The quaint old idiom is almost untranslatable, but one sees what he means.
        The Clicking of Cuthbert
        8
        Some phrases are untranslatable, and it only spoils them to try.
        Rose in Bloom / A Sequel to "Eight Cousins"
        9
        Poosh or Posh I have already confessed to be untranslatable literally.
        The Coming Race
        10
        There's anecdote about an interpreter who, when faced with an untranslatable joke, simply said.
        Wired
        11
        The thing is as untransferable as the word is untranslatable.
        Personal Recollections / Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining t...
        12
        Any new or untranslatable symbol caused a red light to flash on the machine.
        Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
        13
        What he had learned in the North Carolina mountains was untranslatable to the Colemans.
        Burning bright
        14
        Failing to find a just comparison, he tailed off in expressive but untranslatable Gaelic.
        The Red Man's Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood
        15
        Completely absurd and untranslatable, but it sort of makes him.
        The Guardian
        16
        Some apology must be made for an attempt "to translate the untranslatable."
        Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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        portugués
        intraduzível
        Untranslatable through the time
        Untranslatable across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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