-abortion o miscarriage?-
- -abortion o miscarriage?-
- Nota d'uso
In inglese esistono due termini per indicare la parola aborto: “abortion” e “miscarriage”. Il primo viene usato in relazione ad un'interruzione di gravidanza volontaria, mentre il secondo indica l'aborto spontaneo: Sfortunatamente ha avuto un aborto spontaneo, unfortunately, she had a miscarriage (non unfortunately, she had an abortion). In questo frangente, viene usata comunemente anche la locuzione to lose the baby, perdere il bambino.
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