compartment

compartimento

Espacio separado dentro de algo, destinado a guardar determinados objetos.

En inglés sencillo: A separate space inside something, used to hold particular things.

• Put your keys in this compartment.
• The box has three separate compartments.
• Is there a hidden compartment in the bag?

Cómo se usa: a compartment for something (The bag has a compartment for your laptop.)

Sinónimos: section

Expresiones frecuentes: storage compartment, separate compartment, compartment for something

compartimento

Habitación o espacio separado dentro de un tren u otro vehículo.

En inglés sencillo: A separate room or space inside a train or another vehicle.

• Our train compartment was empty.
• Smoke came from the engine compartment.
• Six passengers shared a compartment on the night train.

Sinónimos: section, cabin

Expresiones frecuentes: train compartment, engine compartment, sleeping compartment

parcela, compartimento

Cada una de las áreas más pequeñas en que se divide una zona mayor.

En inglés sencillo: One of the smaller areas into which a larger area is divided.

• Each forest compartment has a number.
• The map shows the boundaries of every compartment.
• Workers surveyed three compartments before planting began.

Sinónimos: section, division

Expresiones frecuentes: forest compartment, numbered compartment, compartment boundary

compartimentar

Organizar algo en secciones separadas.

En inglés sencillo: To arrange something in separate sections.

• They plan to compartment the box.
• The designer compartmented the interior for easier storage.
• We compartmented the space into three sections.

Cómo se usa: compartment something into sections (They compartmented the storage area into sections.)

Sinónimos: compartmentalize, divide, partition

Expresiones frecuentes: compartment a space, compartment a box