elite

selecto, de élite

Elegido entre los mejores o reservado a un pequeño grupo con ventajas especiales.

En inglés sencillo: Chosen as among the best, or available only to a small group with special advantages.

• She joined an elite team.
• Only a few students enter this elite school.
• Elite athletes often train twice a day.

Sinónimos: exclusive, select, top

Expresiones frecuentes: elite athletes, elite school, elite club

élite, clase dirigente

Pequeño grupo con más poder, dinero o ventajas sociales que los demás.

En inglés sencillo: A small group of people with more power, money, or social advantages than others.

• The elite control much of the wealth.
• She criticized the country's political elite.
• A small elite owned most of the land.

Sinónimos: ruling class, upper class, establishment

Expresiones frecuentes: ruling elite, political elite, wealthy elite

élite, los mejores

Personas de un grupo consideradas las mejores o las más hábiles.

En inglés sencillo: The people in a group who are considered the best or most skilled.

• Only the elite were selected.
• She now competes among the world's sporting elite.
• The team brings together the elite of local chess players.

Cómo se usa: the elite of something (These musicians are the elite of the orchestra.)

Sinónimos: best, cream, top performers

Expresiones frecuentes: sporting elite, the elite, elite of something

tipo élite

Tamaño de letra de máquina de escribir que permite doce letras o espacios por pulgada.

En inglés sencillo: A size of typewriter lettering that fits twelve letters or spaces into one inch.

• This typewriter uses elite.
• She typed the letter in elite rather than pica.
• Elite fits twelve characters into each inch.

Expresiones frecuentes: elite type, elite typeface, in elite