What does «literal» mean in Spanish?

• According to the strict meaning of the text; according to the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical.
  
  Examples of use in Spanish: "copia literal".
  
  "necesitarás mostrar algo más que una comprensión literal del texto".
  
  
• A translation in which the original is respected to the letter. The literal translation of a text is done by translating each word separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence.
  
  Examples of use in Spanish: "su traducción es demasiado literal, lo que resulta en una prosa que no suena natural".
  
  
• True to the facts; not exaggerated or inaccurate. Real or factual.
  
  Examples of use in Spanish: "una descripción literal de las condiciones".
  
  
• (ceguera literal) Verbal blindness or abolition of the ability to read the letters of the alphabet.

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