constituent

elector, representado

Persona que vive en la zona representada por un político elegido.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who lives in the area that an elected politician represents.

• The politician met a constituent.
• Her constituents want better public transport.
• He received hundreds of letters from angry constituents.

Expresiones frecuentes: meet a constituent, local constituent, constituent concerns

componente, constituyente

Una de las partes o sustancias que forman algo.

En inglés sencillo: One of the parts or substances that make up something.

• We identified each constituent of the mixture.
• The main constituent of the gas is nitrogen.
• Researchers measured the chemical constituents of the soil.

Cómo se usa: constituent of something (Water is a major constituent of the human body.)

Sinónimos: component, part, element, ingredient

Expresiones frecuentes: a major constituent, chemical constituent, constituent of something

constituyente

Palabra o grupo de palabras que funciona como una sola unidad dentro de una frase u oración.

En inglés sencillo: A word or group of words that works as a single part within a phrase or sentence.

• This noun phrase is a constituent.
• The diagram shows how constituents form a sentence.
• A constituent may contain just one word.

Sinónimos: syntactic unit

Expresiones frecuentes: a syntactic constituent, a sentence constituent, constituent structure

constituyente, integrante

Que es una de las partes que juntas forman un todo.

En inglés sencillo: Being one of the parts that together make a whole.

• We examined the machine's constituent parts.
• The mixture's constituent elements were listed on the label.
• Each constituent unit has a different role.

Sinónimos: component

Expresiones frecuentes: constituent parts, constituent elements, constituent materials

constituyente

Que tiene autoridad para crear la constitución de un país, donde se establecen sus reglas básicas de gobierno.

En inglés sencillo: Having the authority to create a country's constitution, the basic rules for how it is governed.

• The constituent assembly met today.
• Delegates to the constituent convention debated the new constitution.
• The elected body was given constituent powers.

Sinónimos: constitution-making

Expresiones frecuentes: constituent assembly, constituent power, constituent convention