traduce
verb /trəˈdjuːs/
/trəˈduːs/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they traduce | /trəˈdjuːs/ /trəˈduːs/ |
| he / she / it traduces | /trəˈdjuːsɪz/ /trəˈduːsɪz/ |
| past simple traduced | /trəˈdjuːst/ /trəˈduːst/ |
| past participle traduced | /trəˈdjuːst/ /trəˈduːst/ |
| -ing form traducing | /trəˈdjuːsɪŋ/ /trəˈduːsɪŋ/ |
- traduce somebody to say things about somebody that are unpleasant or not true synonym slanderWord Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transport, transmit’): from Latin traducere ‘lead in front of others, expose to ridicule’, from trans- ‘over, across’ + ducere ‘to lead’.