backdrop

contexto, telón de fondo

Situación o condiciones que rodean un acontecimiento y ayudan a entender lo que sucede.

En inglés sencillo: The situation or conditions surrounding an event that help explain what happens.

• The war provided the backdrop to their childhood.
• Talks continued against a backdrop of economic uncertainty.
• What was the political backdrop to these events?

Cómo se usa: against a backdrop of something (The talks began against a backdrop of growing tension.); backdrop to something (The recession formed the backdrop to the election.)

Sinónimos: background, context, setting

Expresiones frecuentes: against a backdrop, political backdrop, backdrop to something

telón de fondo

Tela grande decorada que cuelga al fondo de un escenario para representar el lugar de la acción.

En inglés sencillo: A large decorated cloth hanging at the back of a stage to show the setting.

• The backdrop showed a forest.
• They hung a blue backdrop behind the actors.
• We painted three backdrops for the school play.

Sinónimos: backcloth

Expresiones frecuentes: painted backdrop, stage backdrop, hang a backdrop

servir de fondo

Constituir el fondo que queda detrás de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To form the background behind something.

• Green hills backdrop the village.
• A red sunset backdropped the city skyline.
• Tall trees backdropping the house hid the road.

Cómo se usa: backdrop something (Snowy mountains backdrop the little town.)

Sinónimos: form a background to

Expresiones frecuentes: backdrop the skyline, backdrop the scene, backdrop the city