traduce

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɹəˈdjuːs/
Etymology

In summary

From Latin trādūcō (“carry over; lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from trāns + dūcō (“I lead”). Compare cognate transduce, from Latin trānsdūcō.

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