locution

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.

I saw them writhe with a deadly locution. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
An adverbial locution similar in form to the French à la. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
Perhaps no Spanish locution assumes so many shades of meaning as =haber de=. — Tres Comedias : $b Sin querer; De pequenas causas...; Los intereses creados, Jacinto Benavente

saying, expression

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