ancestor

antepasado, ancestro

Persona de tu familia que vivió antes que tú, como un abuelo o un bisabuelo.

En inglés sencillo: A person in your family who lived before you, such as a grandparent or great-grandparent.

• My ancestors lived in Italy.
• She found her ancestor’s name in an old record.
• Do you know where your ancestors came from?

Cómo se usa: ancestor of someone (He was an ancestor of the current owner.)

Sinónimos: forebear, forefather

Antónimos: descendant

Expresiones frecuentes: distant ancestor, common ancestor, ancestor of someone

ancestro, antepasado

Ser vivo o especie anterior de la que evolucionó una especie posterior.

En inglés sencillo: An earlier living thing or species from which a later species developed.

• These species share a common ancestor.
• Scientists studied the ancestor of modern whales.
• The fossils may belong to an early ancestor of birds.

Cómo se usa: ancestor of something (This creature was an ancestor of modern horses.)

Antónimos: descendant

Expresiones frecuentes: common ancestor, extinct ancestor, ancestor of something

precursor, antecesor

Forma antigua de algo a partir de la cual se desarrolló una forma posterior.

En inglés sencillo: An earlier form of something from which a later form developed.

• This machine is an ancestor of the computer.
• The design has several earlier ancestors.
• That simple cart was the ancestor of today’s delivery van.

Cómo se usa: ancestor of something (The device was an ancestor of the modern camera.)

Sinónimos: predecessor, forerunner

Expresiones frecuentes: early ancestor, direct ancestor, ancestor of something