calculate

calcular

Obtener un número o una cantidad mediante operaciones matemáticas.

En inglés sencillo: To find a number or amount by using mathematics.

• Can you calculate the total?
• She calculated the cost of the trip.
• The program calculates how much tax you owe.

Cómo se usa: calculate how much… (We calculated how much paint we needed.)

Sinónimos: work out, compute

Expresiones frecuentes: calculate the cost, calculate the total, calculate a percentage

calcular, estimar

Pensar cuidadosamente en los hechos para estimar qué ocurrirá o qué conviene hacer.

En inglés sencillo: To judge what will happen or what to do by carefully thinking about the facts.

• We must calculate the risks carefully.
• She calculated that nobody would notice her absence.
• They had calculated how the public would react.

Cómo se usa: calculate that… (He calculated that leaving early would avoid trouble.)

Sinónimos: judge, reckon, estimate

Expresiones frecuentes: calculate the risks, calculate that something, calculate your chances

concebir, idear

Idear algo con la intención o la expectativa de que produzca un resultado concreto.

En inglés sencillo: To intend or expect something to produce a particular result.

• The joke was calculated to offend.
• Her speech was calculated to win public support.
• Every detail had been calculated to impress the guests.

Cómo se usa: be calculated to do something (His remarks were calculated to upset her.)

Sinónimos: intend, design

Expresiones frecuentes: calculate to impress, calculate to offend

calcular

Usar números o posiciones de estrellas para determinar cuándo o cómo ocurrirá algo.

En inglés sencillo: To work out when or how something will happen using numbers or the positions of stars.

• Astronomers calculate the next eclipse.
• The astrologer calculated a horoscope for the child.
• They calculated when the planet would appear again.

Sinónimos: compute, predict

Expresiones frecuentes: calculate an eclipse, calculate a horoscope

contar con

Esperar que algo suceda y hacer planes basándose en ello.

En inglés sencillo: To expect something to happen and make plans based on that expectation.

• We calculate on your help.
• She had calculated on finding the door open.
• They had not calculated on such heavy rain.

Cómo se usa: calculate on someone/something (We calculated on his support.); calculate on doing something (They calculated on arriving before dark.)

Sinónimos: count on, expect, reckon on

Expresiones frecuentes: calculate on something, calculate on help

adaptar, diseñar

Diseñar o preparar algo cuidadosamente para que cumpla una finalidad concreta.

En inglés sencillo: To carefully design or prepare something so that it serves a particular purpose.

• They calculated the system for public safety.
• The laws were carefully calculated for a growing nation.
• He calculated every part of the scheme for that purpose.

Cómo se usa: calculate something for something (They calculated the rules for the needs of a small community.)

Sinónimos: adapt, design, tailor

Expresiones frecuentes: calculate for something, calculate a system