coincidence

coincidencia, casualidad

Relación sorprendente entre hechos que ocurre por azar, sin que nadie la haya planeado.

En inglés sencillo: A surprising connection between events that happens by chance rather than because someone planned it.

• What a coincidence!
• By coincidence, my neighbour was on the same flight.
• It was pure coincidence that they wore identical coats.

Cómo se usa: by coincidence (By coincidence, we booked rooms in the same hotel.); a coincidence that… (It is a coincidence that we share a birthday.)

Sinónimos: chance occurrence

Expresiones frecuentes: by coincidence, strange coincidence, pure coincidence

coincidencia

Situación en que dos cosas ocupan el mismo lugar o suceden al mismo tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: The state of occupying the same place or occurring at the same time.

• The two signals showed exact coincidence.
• We measured the coincidence of the lines on the screen.
• Coincidence in time does not prove that one event caused another.

Cómo se usa: coincidence of A and B (The diagram shows the coincidence of the two points.)

Sinónimos: overlap, simultaneity

Expresiones frecuentes: exact coincidence, coincidence of something, coincidence in time