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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
expression n	(look on [sb]'s face)	expresión nf
	You could see by his expression that he wasn't enjoying the vacation.
	Por su expresión podía verse que no estaba disfrutando sus vacaciones.
expression n	(phrase)	frase nf
	The expression "basket case" has an interesting history.
	La frase "loco de atar" tiene una historia interesante.
expression n	(gesture)	gesto nm
	He raised his hands in the universal expression of surrender.
	Él levantó sus manos haciendo el gesto universal de rendición.
expression n	(manifestation)	expresión nf
	His writings were an expression of his creativity.
	Sus escritos eran una expresión de su creatividad.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
expression n	(wording)	palabras nfpl
	He wrote a letter, the expression of which perfectly conveyed his feelings.
	Escribió una carta y sus palabras expresaban perfectamente sus sentimientos.
expression n	(mathematical symbols)	expresión nf
	The multiplication symbol is an operator in a mathematical expression.
	El símbolo de multiplicación es un operador en una expresión matemática.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
facial expression n	(look, gesture of the face)	expresión facial nf + adj
	I could tell by his facial expression that he was angry at me.
	Podía verse en su expresión facial que estaba enojado conmigo.
		expresión del rostro nf + loc adj
	Podía verse en su expresión del rostro que estaba enojado conmigo.
freedom of expression n	(law: privilege of holding opinion)	libertad de expresión loc nom f
freedom of speech and expression n	(right to express oneself freely)	libertad de expresión loc nom f
	Freedom of speech and expression broadens the concept of free speech to include the visual arts, music, and so on.
	La libertad de expresión amplía el concepto de la libertad de discurso para incluir a las artes visuales, la música, etcétera.
idiomatic expression n	(set phrase with a figurative meaning)	modismo nm
		expresión nf
		frase hecha loc nom f
		dicho nm
	It is often difficult for language students to understand idiomatic expressions in other languages.
	A menudo a los estudiantes de idiomas les resulta difícil entender los modismos de otras lenguas.
self-expression n	(assertion of your personality)	expresión personal nf + adj
		autoexpresión nf

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'expression' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

abreaction - airing - amen - angry look - apology - appealing look - articulation - aspect - binomial - birthday wishes - blank - blank stare - blankly - Bless the mark - brevity - brow - cliché - coin a phrase - coiner - come-hither look - comment on the evidence - commiseration - common phrase - common saying - condolence - congratulation - contorted - countenance - deadpan - demonstration - derivative - dirty look - dissenting opinion - drawn - energy - equation - ew - expressive - externalization - face - facies - fixed phrase - for the love of God - foreign phrase - frown - furrowed brow - glassy - glassy-eyed - glazed - Go figure

Spanish:

expresión - gesto - giro - locución - perífrasis verbal - acción de gracias - ademán - andalucismo - apariencia lúdica - aragonesismo - argentinismo - asturianismo - bordón - cara de palo - chapinismo - chilenismo - chufla - circunloquio - componer el semblante - con perdón - costarriqueñismo - cubanismo - cuchufleta - dialectalismo - dominicanismo - expresión artística - expresión coloquial - expresión cultural - expresión escrita - expresión facial - expresión idiomática - expresión oral - expresividad - fórmula de cortesía - frase hecha - fuerza expresiva - galleguismo - gracejo - hecho cultural - idiotismo - libertad de expresión - línea de expresión - ordinariez - peruanismo - piada - provenzalismo - puertorriqueñismo - rictus - semblante - ser un decir

Synonyms: look, face, facial expression, glance, cast, more...

Collocations: a facial expression, [there was, he had] a [pained, shocked, funny, concerned] expression on his face, [he, his face] wore a [pained] expression, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "expression" in the title:

¿A cuántos estamos? (estar, time expression) - grammar
A cumbersome expression
a new expression
a not unkindly expression
a pink expression
about + time expression - grammar
accuracy/rate/phrasing/expression
adaptable and brilliant and beautiful expression
an arrested expression
an expression of and stems from
an expression of the timeless in form
an "in" expression
apply - expression applies to
as the expression was...
Attitude expression, arritude statements
awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge
be an expression of vibrant health
beyond expression
beyond expression
blank expression
calls for expression - legal
Children's Company La Colmenita/La Colmenita Children's Company (adjective expression) - grammar
civic expression
connected expression
Corporate social expression research
critics of all expression
critics of all expression
damping expression - medical
de pata negra (expression)
Derived expression
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