determine

determinar, averiguar

Descubrir algo mediante comprobaciones, estudios o cálculos.

En inglés sencillo: To find out something by checking, studying, or calculating it.

• The test determines your blood type.
• Scientists determined the age of the rocks.
• Can we determine how the fire started?

Cómo se usa: determine whether… (Tests will determine whether the water is safe.); determine what/how/why… (We need to determine why the engine stopped.)

Sinónimos: find out, establish, ascertain

Expresiones frecuentes: determine the cause, determine whether, determine how

determinar, condicionar

Controlar o influir mucho en lo que ocurre o en cómo se desarrolla algo.

En inglés sencillo: To control or strongly affect what happens or how something develops.

• Demand determines the price.
• Your choices will determine your future.
• Several factors determined the outcome of the match.

Cómo se usa: determine whether… (The weather will determine whether we travel tomorrow.)

Sinónimos: decide, control, shape

Expresiones frecuentes: determine the outcome, determine something, determine whether

resolver, decidir

Resolver una cuestión o un desacuerdo mediante una decisión oficial.

En inglés sencillo: To settle a question or disagreement by making an official decision.

• The court will determine the dispute.
• A judge determined their rights under the agreement.
• The tribunal has yet to determine the case.

Sinónimos: decide, settle, rule on

Expresiones frecuentes: determine a dispute, determine the issue, determine a case

decidir, impulsar

Hacer que alguien tome la decisión firme de hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone decide firmly to do something.

• The news determined her to leave.
• His failure determined him to try again.
• That warning determined them to change their plans.

Cómo se usa: determine someone to do something (The threat determined him to seek help.)

Sinónimos: resolve, prompt

Expresiones frecuentes: determine someone to act, determine someone to leave