collateral

colateral, secundario

Que afecta a personas o cosas ajenas al objetivo principal de una acción.

En inglés sencillo: Affecting people or things beyond the main aim of an action.

• The attack caused collateral damage.
• The policy had several collateral benefits.
• Officials failed to consider the collateral effects on small businesses.

Sinónimos: secondary, incidental, indirect

Antónimos: direct

Expresiones frecuentes: collateral damage, collateral effects, collateral benefits

paralelo

Que se extiende junto a otra cosa en la misma dirección.

En inglés sencillo: Running alongside each other in the same direction.

• The diagram shows two collateral lines.
• Collateral branches run alongside the main stem.
• The drawing places the structures in collateral positions.

Sinónimos: parallel, side by side

Expresiones frecuentes: collateral lines, collateral branches

colateral

Relacionado por una rama familiar, como los primos, y no por la línea de padres e hijos.

En inglés sencillo: Related through a family branch, such as a cousin, rather than through parents and children.

• A cousin is a collateral relative.
• The estate passed to a collateral heir.
• Researchers traced a collateral branch of the family.

Sinónimos: indirect

Antónimos: lineal

Expresiones frecuentes: collateral relative, collateral descendant, collateral branch

lateral

Que viene de un lado o actúa a lo largo del costado de algo.

En inglés sencillo: Coming from or acting along the side of something.

• The support resists collateral pressure.
• A collateral force pushed the structure sideways.
• The engineer measured collateral pressure on the wall.

Sinónimos: lateral

Expresiones frecuentes: collateral pressure, collateral force

garantía, aval

Bienes que quien presta dinero puede quedarse si no devuelves el préstamo.

En inglés sencillo: Property a lender can take if you fail to pay back a loan.

• The bank requires collateral.
• She offered her car as collateral for the loan.
• What assets can we use as collateral?

Cómo se usa: use something as collateral (They used their house as collateral.); collateral for a loan (The land serves as collateral for the loan.)

Sinónimos: security, guarantee

Expresiones frecuentes: as collateral, provide collateral, collateral for something

material promocional

Material impreso o digital que ayuda a vender productos o servicios.

En inglés sencillo: Printed or digital material used to help sell products or services.

• We need new sales collateral.
• The team updated its marketing collateral before the launch.
• Our digital collateral includes videos and product guides.

Sinónimos: promotional material, sales material

Expresiones frecuentes: marketing collateral, sales collateral, digital collateral

rama colateral

Rama lateral de una estructura del cuerpo, como un nervio o un vaso sanguíneo.

En inglés sencillo: A side branch of a body structure, such as a nerve or blood vessel.

• The axon has a small collateral.
• Several collaterals branch from this nerve fiber.
• The diagram shows where each collateral leaves the main structure.

Sinónimos: side branch

Expresiones frecuentes: an axon collateral, a nerve collateral

vaso colateral

Vaso sanguíneo más pequeño que lleva la sangre por otra vía cuando el vaso principal está bloqueado.

En inglés sencillo: A smaller blood vessel that carries blood around a blocked main vessel.

• A collateral carries blood around the blockage.
• Doctors found several collaterals near the blocked artery.
• This collateral helps maintain blood flow to the heart.

Sinónimos: collateral vessel

Expresiones frecuentes: a coronary collateral, a small collateral