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déjà vu

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/ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. la sensación extraña de haber vivido ya exactamente este momento (del francés)

    Built from déjà (already, French) + vu (seen, French).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • déjà already, French
  • vu seen, French

Usage notes

Borrowed whole from French — so useful a concept that English, Spanish, and Portuguese all adopted the exact same phrase instead of translating it.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa déjà vu?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Walking into the old house gave her a strange sense of ___ vu.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a déjà vu?

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