concentration

concentración, atención

Capacidad o esfuerzo de dedicar toda la atención a una sola cosa.

En inglés sencillo: The ability or effort to give all your attention to one thing.

• This game requires concentration.
• The noise broke my concentration while I was reading.
• Does your concentration improve after a short break?

Cómo se usa: concentration on something (Noise interrupted her concentration on the task.)

Sinónimos: focus, attention

Antónimos: distraction

Expresiones frecuentes: lose concentration, deep concentration, concentration on something

concentración, agrupación

Gran cantidad de cosas reunidas en un mismo lugar o grupo.

En inglés sencillo: A large amount or number of things gathered in one place or group.

• This area has a high concentration of shops.
• The map shows concentrations of people along the coast.
• They found a large concentration of oil beneath the desert.

Cómo se usa: a concentration of something (There is a high concentration of restaurants near the station.)

Sinónimos: cluster, density

Expresiones frecuentes: high concentration, concentration of something, large concentration

concentración

Cantidad de una sustancia presente en una cantidad determinada de líquido.

En inglés sencillo: The amount of a substance mixed into a particular amount of liquid.

• The salt concentration is too high.
• Adding water lowers the concentration of the solution.
• They measured sugar concentrations in each sample.

Cómo se usa: the concentration of something in something (We measured the concentration of salt in the water.)

Expresiones frecuentes: salt concentration, concentration of something, low concentration