damages

indemnización

Dinero que se paga a alguien para compensar un daño o una pérdida que ha sufrido.

En inglés sencillo: Money paid to someone because they have suffered harm or loss.

• The court awarded her damages.
• He is seeking damages for lost income.
• The company paid substantial damages to the injured workers.

Cómo se usa: damages for something (She claimed damages for the injury.); damages of an amount (The court awarded damages of fifty thousand dollars.)

Sinónimos: compensation

Expresiones frecuentes: claim damages, award damages, damages for something

daños

Distintos casos o tipos de perjuicio o pérdida.

En inglés sencillo: Different instances or types of harm or loss.

• The report lists several environmental damages.
• Researchers compared the damages caused by different storms.
• The survey recorded physical and economic damages across the region.

Sinónimos: losses, injuries

Expresiones frecuentes: environmental damages, physical damages, assess damages