El tratamiento de las variantes fraseológicas en los repertorios bilingües

The description of phraseological units in bilingual lexicographic databases has improved in recent years. Nevertheless, the lexicographic procedure employed is not very well-defined, especially where variations are concerned. Our aim was to investigate the criteria used to include these phraseological units, to establish whether these criteria include frequency of use and, if so, which aspects are involved, (diaphasic or diachronic: en un momento/en un periquete/en un credo). Another issue relates to the number of variations of a phraseological unit to be included: importar un bledo, un pepino (o tres), un pito (o tres), etc. The analysis was conducted on material from the two most recent and upto-date large size dictionaries published in Italy: Garzanti (2009) and Zanichelli (2012).