thirdhand

Describes information or goods that have passed through two intermediate sources or owners before reaching the current one.

• 🇪🇸Describe información u objetos que han pasado por dos fuentes o propietarios intermedios antes de llegar al actual; también puede referirse a algo de baja calidad o no original por haber sido transmitido o revendido varias veces.

1. Derived from two intermediate sources C1 formal

   Obtained or received after being passed through two intermediate sources, not original or direct.

   • The information was thirdhand, having been relayed by two people before reaching me.
   • He only had thirdhand knowledge of the event, as he heard it from a friend who heard it from someone else.
   • Thirdhand accounts are often less reliable than firsthand observations.

   🇪🇸de tercera mano

   Sinónimos: derivedindirectmediatedsecondhandunoriginal

   Antónimos: directoriginalprimary

• more thirdhand comparative form
• most thirdhand superlative form

An adverb meaning 'through two intermediate sources' or 'after being passed on twice.' It describes information, news, or goods that have been relayed through two intermediaries, making the original source distant or uncertain.

• 🇪🇸Adverbio que significa 'a través de dos fuentes intermedias' o 'tras haber sido transmitido dos veces'. Describe información, noticias o bienes que han pasado por dos intermediarios, lo que hace que la fuente original sea lejana o incierta.

1. By doubly indirect means C1 formal

   Received or obtained through two intermediate sources, not directly from the original.

   • I heard the news thirdhand from a friend of a friend.
   • The information was passed down thirdhand, so its accuracy is questionable.
   • He learned the story thirdhand through a series of intermediaries.

   🇪🇸de tercera mano

• more thirdhand comparative form
• most thirdhand superlative form