concentrate

concentrarse

Pensar atentamente en una sola cosa sin distraerse con otras.

En inglés sencillo: To think carefully about one thing without letting other things take your attention.

• I can’t concentrate with this noise.
• She concentrated on reading the instructions.
• Try to concentrate while I explain the rules.

Cómo se usa: concentrate on something/doing something (He found it difficult to concentrate on his homework.)

Sinónimos: focus, pay attention

Expresiones frecuentes: concentrate on something, concentrate hard, concentrate fully

concentrarse, centrar

Dedicar la mayor parte del tiempo, la energía o los recursos a una actividad o meta concreta.

En inglés sencillo: To give most of your time, energy, or resources to a particular activity or goal.

• We concentrate on helping local families.
• They concentrated their efforts on repairing the bridge.
• The company will concentrate its resources on staff training.

Cómo se usa: concentrate on something/doing something (We will concentrate on improving the service.); concentrate something on something (They concentrated their resources on the new product.)

Sinónimos: focus

Expresiones frecuentes: concentrate on something, concentrate efforts on something

concentrarse, agruparse

Reunirse o encontrarse en gran número en un lugar concreto.

En inglés sencillo: To gather or be present in large numbers in a particular place.

• Most jobs are concentrated in the capital.
• Tourists concentrate around the old town square.
• The fighting was concentrated in a small area.

Cómo se usa: be concentrated in/around something (Most factories are concentrated around the port.)

Sinónimos: cluster, gather

Antónimos: disperse

Expresiones frecuentes: concentrate in something, concentrate around something

concentrar, reunir

Juntar cosas en un mismo lugar, grupo o punto.

En inglés sencillo: To bring things together into one place, group, or point.

• The lens concentrates light into a small spot.
• The general concentrated his forces near the border.
• They concentrated all the supplies in one warehouse.

Cómo se usa: concentrate something in/at something (The army concentrated its troops at the crossing.); concentrate something into something (The mirror concentrates sunlight into a narrow beam.)

Sinónimos: gather, focus, bring together

Antónimos: disperse, scatter

Expresiones frecuentes: concentrate light, concentrate forces, concentrate something into something

concentrado

Sustancia a la que se ha quitado agua para hacerla más concentrada; suele diluirse antes de usarla.

En inglés sencillo: A substance made stronger by removing water, often mixed with water before use.

• This juice is made from concentrate.
• Mix the concentrate with three parts water.
• Keep cleaning concentrates away from children.

Expresiones frecuentes: orange concentrate, juice concentrate, from concentrate