assimilation

asimilación

Proceso por el que un grupo cultural minoritario adopta las costumbres y formas de vida del grupo mayoritario.

En inglés sencillo: The process of a smaller cultural group adopting the customs and ways of the main group.

• Assimilation changed the community’s traditions.
• Some families resisted forced assimilation.
• The debate focused on cultural assimilation and the loss of language.

Cómo se usa: assimilation into something (Assimilation into the wider society took several generations.)

Expresiones frecuentes: cultural assimilation, forced assimilation, assimilation into society

asimilación

Proceso de incorporar algo o de pasar a formar parte de un conjunto mayor.

En inglés sencillo: The process of taking something in or becoming part of a larger whole.

• Assimilation happened gradually.
• The report describes the assimilation of separate units into one organization.
• Complete assimilation requires changes on both sides.

Cómo se usa: assimilation of something into something (The assimilation of these parts into one system took months.)

Sinónimos: absorption, incorporation, integration

Expresiones frecuentes: gradual assimilation, complete assimilation, assimilation into something

asimilación

Proceso de integrar información nueva en la forma en que ya se entienden las cosas.

En inglés sencillo: The process of fitting new information into the way you already understand things.

• Assimilation connects new ideas with familiar ones.
• The teacher encouraged the assimilation of new information.
• Children use assimilation when they fit new experiences into familiar categories.

Cómo se usa: assimilation of something into something (Learning involves the assimilation of new facts into existing knowledge.)

Sinónimos: absorption, incorporation

Expresiones frecuentes: assimilation of ideas, assimilation of knowledge

asimilación

Proceso por el que el cuerpo transforma sustancias de los alimentos en material para sus propias células.

En inglés sencillo: The process by which the body changes substances from food into material for its own cells.

• Assimilation helps the body build new tissue.
• The study measured nutrient assimilation in young animals.
• Poor assimilation of protein can slow growth.

Cómo se usa: assimilation of something (Illness can interfere with the assimilation of nutrients.)

Expresiones frecuentes: nutrient assimilation, assimilation of nutrients

asimilación

Cambio por el que un sonido del habla se vuelve más parecido a otro cercano.

En inglés sencillo: A change in which one speech sound becomes more like a nearby sound.

• Assimilation can make speech easier.
• Nasal assimilation changes the sound before a particular consonant.
• We heard examples of assimilation in everyday conversation.

Expresiones frecuentes: consonant assimilation, nasal assimilation, sound assimilation