jargon

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdʒɑːrgən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdʒɑrgən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling( jär′gən, -gon)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
jargon n (technical language)jerga nf
  argot nm
 It took months for Sarah to learn all the marketing jargon at her new job.
 Sarah tardó meses en aprender toda la jerga de marketing en su nuevo trabajo.
jargon n (pedantic language)jerga nf
  argot nm
 The manager hid his incompetence by using a lot of jargon.
 El encargado ocultaba su incompetencia usando un montón de jerga.
jargon n (gibberish)incoherencia nf
  sinsentido nm
 The salesman had no idea what he was selling and just spouted a bunch of jargon.
 El vendedor no tenía ni idea de lo que estaba vendiendo y solo soltaba un montón de incoherencias.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
jargon-ridden adj (full of specialized language)repleto de jerga técnica loc adj
  críptico/a adj
technical jargon n (specialized terminology)jerga técnica nf + adj
  terminología especializada nf + adj
 I don't understand any of that technical jargon!
 Es imposible aclararse con toda esa jerga técnica.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'jargon' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
argot - cant - computerese - dialect - hocus-pocus - jargony - journalese - legalese - lingo - mumbo jumbo - netspeak - officialese - psychobabble - shoptalk - technobabble - vernacular
Spanish:
argot - jerigonza - lenguaje - tecnicismo - jerga - jerga del oficio - jerga hotelera - lenguaje escénico - lenguaje jurídico - lenguaje publicitario

Collocations: (it's just) [legal, marketing, sales, medical, sports, IT] jargon, [littered, packed, crammed, loaded] with [legal] jargon, the use of [legal] jargon, more...

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