designate

designar, nombrar

Elegir oficialmente a alguien para un trabajo o una responsabilidad concreta.

En inglés sencillo: To officially choose someone for a particular job or duty.

• They designated Maria as team leader.
• The board will designate a successor next month.
• He was designated to represent the school.

Cómo se usa: designate someone as something (They designated him as their representative.); designate someone to do something (She was designated to lead the investigation.); designate someone for something (The committee designated him for the post.)

Sinónimos: appoint, select, nominate

Expresiones frecuentes: designate someone as, designate someone to, designate a successor

designar, destinar

Destinar oficialmente un lugar o una cosa a un uso concreto, o darle una categoría determinada.

En inglés sencillo: To officially choose a place or thing for a particular purpose or give it a particular status.

• They designated this area for parking.
• The forest was designated as a protected site.
• Which room has been designated for meetings?

Cómo se usa: designate something as something (The council designated the building as a historic monument.); designate something for something (They designated the courtyard for outdoor events.)

Sinónimos: set aside, allocate

Expresiones frecuentes: designate an area, designate something as, designate something for

indicar, señalar

Mostrar o identificar algo mediante una marca, un signo, un nombre o una descripción.

En inglés sencillo: To show or identify something using a mark, sign, name, or description.

• Red lines designate the boundaries.
• Each room is designated by a number.
• The arrow designates the main entrance.

Cómo se usa: designate something by something (The map designates each route by a different colour.)

Sinónimos: indicate, identify, mark

Expresiones frecuentes: designate a boundary, designate something by, designate a point

designado

Elegido para un cargo oficial, pero que todavía no ha empezado a ejercerlo.

En inglés sencillo: Chosen for an official job but not yet working in it.

• The president designate met the staff.
• Our ambassador designate will arrive next week.
• The director designate attended the meeting as an observer.

Cómo se usa: role title + designate (The ambassador designate is preparing to move abroad.)

Sinónimos: incoming

Antónimos: outgoing

Expresiones frecuentes: president designate, ambassador designate, director designate