inscription

inscripción

Palabras escritas, impresas o grabadas en un objeto, normalmente para dejar un nombre o mensaje.

En inglés sencillo: Words written, printed, or cut into an object, often to record a name or message.

• The inscription gives her name.
• We read the inscription on the stone.
• He wrote a personal inscription inside the book.

Cómo se usa: inscription on something (The inscription on the ring was hard to read.)

Sinónimos: engraving, dedication

Expresiones frecuentes: read an inscription, inscription on something, carved inscription, stone inscription

inscripción, leyenda

Palabras o letras impresas o grabadas en una moneda.

En inglés sencillo: The words or letters printed or pressed into a coin.

• The coin has a short inscription.
• Its inscription names the king who issued it.
• Collectors examined the worn inscriptions on the ancient coins.

Cómo se usa: inscription on a coin (The inscription on the coin is in Latin.)

Sinónimos: legend

Expresiones frecuentes: coin inscription, latin inscription, inscription on something