brand

marca

El nombre y la imagen que permiten identificar los productos o servicios de una empresa.

En inglés sencillo: The name and image that identify products or services from a particular company.

• Which brand of tea do you buy?
• The company sells several popular brands.
• I recognized the brand by its logo.

Sinónimos: make

Expresiones frecuentes: popular brand, brand name, clothing brand

tipo, estilo

Un tipo o estilo particular de algo, a menudo asociado con una persona o un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: A particular kind or style of something, often linked to one person or group.

• His brand of humor makes me laugh.
• They rejected that brand of politics.
• She brought her own brand of optimism to the team.

Cómo se usa: brand of something (I enjoy her unusual brand of comedy.)

Sinónimos: type, kind, variety, style

Expresiones frecuentes: brand of humor, brand of politics, particular brand

marca

Una señal o un símbolo que indica quién es dueño de un animal o un objeto.

En inglés sencillo: A mark or symbol showing who owns an animal or object.

• Each ranch has its own brand.
• The brand showed who owned the cow.
• They registered a new brand for their herd.

Sinónimos: ownership mark

Expresiones frecuentes: owner’s brand, registered brand, cattle brand

marca a fuego

Una señal permanente hecha con un hierro caliente en la piel o en otra superficie.

En inglés sencillo: A lasting mark made on skin or another surface with a hot iron.

• The cow has a brand on its side.
• The old brand was still visible on his arm.
• Matching brands were burned into the wooden barrels.

Sinónimos: burn mark

Expresiones frecuentes: brand on something, cattle brand, old brand

tizón

Un trozo de madera que está ardiendo o que sigue caliente después del fuego.

En inglés sencillo: A piece of wood that is burning or still hot from a fire.

• He lifted a burning brand from the fire.
• The glowing brands lit the dark room.
• She dropped the brand into the ashes.

Sinónimos: firebrand

Expresiones frecuentes: burning brand, glowing brand, carry a brand

tachar, tildar

Describir públicamente a alguien o algo con una etiqueta dura o injusta.

En inglés sencillo: To publicly describe someone or something in a harsh or unfair way.

• They branded him a liar.
• The policy was branded unfair by several teachers.
• Why did the newspaper brand her as a traitor?

Cómo se usa: brand someone/something as something (Critics branded the plan as a failure.); brand someone/something + noun/adjective (They branded him a coward.)

Sinónimos: label, stigmatize, denounce

Expresiones frecuentes: brand someone a liar, brand someone as, brand something unfair

marcar a fuego

Hacer una marca en un animal o una persona usando un hierro caliente.

En inglés sencillo: To mark an animal or person using a hot iron.

• The ranchers brand their cattle.
• Each cow was branded on its side.
• They branded the animals before releasing them into the field.

Cómo se usa: brand someone/something with something (They branded the cattle with the ranch’s symbol.)

Sinónimos: mark

Expresiones frecuentes: brand the cattle, brand a cow, brand someone with

marcar con hierro

Quemar una marca en la piel de un animal para indicar quién es su dueño.

En inglés sencillo: To burn an owner's mark into an animal's skin so people know who owns it.

• They brand cattle on this ranch.
• The farmer branded each calf with his initials.
• Why do some owners still brand their horses?

Expresiones frecuentes: brand cattle, brand a calf, brand livestock