excerpt

• Sustantivo que designa un pasaje o fragmento breve extraído de un texto, película u obra musical más largos.

A noun referring to a short extract or passage taken from a longer text, film, or piece of music.

1. Short extract from a textB2formal

   A short passage or segment taken from a longer piece of writing, music, or film.

   Fragmento extraído de un texto

   • The teacher read an excerpt from the novel to the class.
   • The magazine published an excerpt from the author's upcoming book.
   • She quoted an excerpt from the speech in her essay.

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• Verbo que significa tomar un pasaje o fragmento corto de un texto, película u obra musical.

A verb meaning to take a short extract or passage from a text, film, or piece of music.

1. Extract or take outB2formal

   To take a short piece of text, music, or film from a longer work.

   Extraer un fragmento

   • The editor excerpted a paragraph from the novel for the review.
   • She excerpted the most relevant quotes from the speech.
   • The documentary excerpted scenes from the original film.

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