dispatch

enviar, desplegar

Enviar personas o equipos a un lugar para realizar una tarea concreta.

En inglés sencillo: If you send people or equipment somewhere for a particular job, you arrange for them to go there.

• They dispatched an ambulance.
• The editor dispatched two reporters to the scene.
• Police were dispatched to investigate the noise.

Cómo se usa: dispatch someone/something to somewhere (They dispatched a rescue team to the island.)

Sinónimos: send, deploy

Expresiones frecuentes: dispatch a team, dispatch someone to somewhere

enviar, despachar

Enviar un mensaje o paquete para que llegue a su destinatario.

En inglés sencillo: If you send a message or package, you arrange for it to reach someone.

• We dispatch orders every morning.
• Your package was dispatched yesterday.
• The office dispatched a message to all branches.

Cómo se usa: dispatch something to someone (We dispatched the parcel to the customer yesterday.)

Sinónimos: send, ship

Expresiones frecuentes: dispatch an order, dispatch a message, dispatch a shipment, dispatch goods promptly

derrotar, vencer

Vencer a un rival, a menudo con rapidez o facilidad.

En inglés sencillo: If you beat an opponent, you prevent them from winning, often quickly or easily.

• She dispatched her opponent easily.
• The champions dispatched the visiting team in under an hour.
• He dispatched three rivals before reaching the final.

Sinónimos: defeat, beat

Expresiones frecuentes: dispatch an opponent, easily dispatch someone

matar

Acabar rápidamente con la vida de un ser vivo.

En inglés sencillo: If you kill a living thing quickly, you bring its life to an end.

• The hunter dispatched the wounded animal.
• The knight dispatched his enemy with one blow.
• A single shot dispatched the creature.

Sinónimos: kill, slay

Expresiones frecuentes: dispatch an enemy, swiftly dispatch something

crónica, despacho

Mensaje o informe de noticias enviado por alguien que trabaja en un lugar lejano.

En inglés sencillo: A message or news report sent by someone working far away.

• The reporter sent a dispatch.
• Her dispatch from Rome appeared in the newspaper.
• We received several dispatches about the fighting.

Cómo se usa: dispatch from somewhere (We read a dispatch from the front.)

Sinónimos: report, message

Expresiones frecuentes: a news dispatch, dispatch from somewhere, official dispatch, urgent dispatch

central de emergencias

Servicio que recibe llamadas de emergencia y envía policías, ambulancias u otros equipos de ayuda.

En inglés sencillo: The service that receives emergency calls and sends police, ambulances, or other help.

• Call dispatch for help.
• Dispatch sent two ambulances to the scene.
• The officer radioed dispatch for more information.

Expresiones frecuentes: call dispatch, police dispatch

envío, despliegue

Acción de enviar personas a un lugar para que realicen una tarea concreta.

En inglés sencillo: The act of sending people somewhere to do a particular job.

• They ordered the dispatch of troops.
• The dispatch of a rescue team was delayed.
• Officials approved the immediate dispatch of doctors to the island.

Cómo se usa: dispatch of someone to somewhere (The dispatch of engineers to the site solved the problem.)

Sinónimos: deployment

Expresiones frecuentes: dispatch of troops, immediate dispatch

prontitud, rapidez

Rapidez y eficacia al realizar una tarea.

En inglés sencillo: Speed and efficiency in dealing with a task.

• They finished the work with dispatch.
• She dealt with each complaint with admirable dispatch.
• Please handle this matter with all due dispatch.

Cómo se usa: with dispatch (The requests were handled with dispatch.)

Sinónimos: speed, promptness

Antónimos: delay

Expresiones frecuentes: with dispatch, with due dispatch, act with dispatch