carbon copy

• Copia exacta de un documento o mensaje, originalmente hecha con papel carbón. En la actualidad se refiere también al destinatario de un correo electrónico que recibe una copia del mensaje.

A duplicate or exact copy of something, originally referring to a copy made using carbon paper. In modern usage, it often refers to an email recipient who receives a copy of a message.

1. Exact duplicateB2informal

   A person or thing that is very similar or identical to another.

   copia exacta

   • The new employee is a carbon copy of his predecessor.
   • This painting is a carbon copy of the original.
   • Her speech was a carbon copy of the one she gave last year.

2. B1formal

   A copy of a document made using carbon paper.

   copia carbón

   • Please send me a carbon copy of the contract.
   • He kept a carbon copy of every letter he wrote.
   • The secretary made a carbon copy for the files.