custom

costumbre, tradición

Práctica que un grupo de personas mantiene desde hace mucho tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: Something people in a group have done regularly for a long time.

• It is a local custom to share food.
• Their wedding customs are very different.
• We still follow this ancient custom.

Sinónimos: tradition, practice

Expresiones frecuentes: local custom, follow a custom, ancient custom

costumbre, hábito

Manera habitual de comportarse o de hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: A usual way of behaving or doing something.

• It was his custom to arrive early.
• She followed her usual custom of reading after dinner.
• Their daily customs changed after the move.

Cómo se usa: it is someone’s custom to do something (It is her custom to walk before breakfast.)

Sinónimos: habit, practice, routine

Expresiones frecuentes: usual custom, daily custom, someone’s custom

clientela

Compras que hacen los clientes en una tienda y que le proporcionan negocio.

En inglés sencillo: The business a shop gets from people who buy things there.

• Thank you for your custom.
• The café depends on regular custom from office workers.
• Poor service cost the shop much of its custom.

Sinónimos: business, patronage

Expresiones frecuentes: thank for custom, regular custom, attract custom

costumbre jurídica

Práctica seguida durante tanto tiempo que se acepta como norma o ley.

En inglés sencillo: A practice followed for so long that people accept it as a rule or law.

• Custom gave villagers the right to use this land.
• The court considered the force of local custom.
• These rights were established by custom.

Sinónimos: customary law

Expresiones frecuentes: established custom, custom and law, rights by custom

hecho a medida

Hecho especialmente para satisfacer las necesidades de una persona o un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: Made especially to fit the needs of a particular person or group.

• He ordered a custom suit.
• They built custom furniture for the small room.
• This custom chair supports her back.

Sinónimos: made-to-order, tailor-made, bespoke

Expresiones frecuentes: custom suit, custom furniture, custom design

personalizado

Que usa un diseño o unas opciones elegidas por el usuario en lugar de la versión estándar.

En inglés sencillo: Using your own design or choices instead of a standard version.

• You can upload a custom logo.
• She saved her custom settings.
• We chose a custom layout for the website.

Sinónimos: personalized, individual

Antónimos: standard

Expresiones frecuentes: custom logo, custom settings, custom layout

por encargo

Realizado para otras personas a cambio de un pago.

En inglés sencillo: Done for other people in exchange for payment.

• The company offers custom harvesting.
• Custom threshing helped small farms process their grain.
• He bought equipment for custom milling.

Sinónimos: contract

Expresiones frecuentes: custom harvesting, custom threshing, custom milling