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hackneyed

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
hackneyed adj	(clichéd, overused) (idea)	trillado/a adj
		estereotipado/a adj
		gastado/a adj
	Logan wasn't hired because his hackneyed writing style wasn't good enough for the newspaper.
	No contrataron a Logan porque su manera trillada de escribir no era lo suficientemente buena para el periódico.

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
hackney n	UK (London black cab)	taxi inglés nm + adj
hackney n	historical (horse-drawn carriage available for hire)	coche de plaza, coche de punto loc nom m
	(ES)	coche simón loc nom m
hackney [sth]⇒ vtr	(turn [sth] into a cliché)	trillar⇒ vtr
		popularizar⇒ vtr
		banalizar⇒ vtr
hackney n	(horse used to draw carriage)	caballo de tiro loc nom m
		caballo de carro loc nom m

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Compound Forms: hackneyed | hackney
Inglés		Español
hackneyed phrase n	(cliché, over-used expression)	frase trillada nf
	Good as gold is a hackneyed phrase to describe well behaved children.
		lugar común nm
Note: término relacionado: estereotipo
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El lugar común es una palabra, frase o idea considerada como un vicio del lenguaje, algunas son obviedades, otras, han quedado desgastadas por el uso.
		cliché nm
		tópico nm

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