en cristiano
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “in Christian”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /en kɾisˈtjano/ [ẽŋ kɾisˈt̪ja.no]
- Syllabification: en cris‧tia‧no
Adverb
- (colloquial, idiomatic) in layman's terms
- Déjate de tecnicismos; háblame en cristiano.
- Forget about technical jargon; talk to me in layman’s terms.
- Vale, déjame explicarte esto en cristiano.
- Okay, let me explain this in layman’s terms.
- (colloquial, idiomatic) in Spanish
See also
- en román paladino
Further reading
- “en cristiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.