engineer

ingeniero

Persona que diseña, construye o mejora máquinas, edificios u otras cosas que requieren conocimientos técnicos.

En inglés sencillo: Someone whose job is to design, build, or improve machines, buildings, or other technical things.

• My sister is an engineer.
• The engineers designed a safer bridge.
• We need an electrical engineer to check the system.

Expresiones frecuentes: civil engineer, software engineer, electrical engineer

ingeniero

Persona que diseña o construye motores y máquinas, o se encarga de que funcionen bien.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who designs, builds, or keeps engines and machinery working.

• The engineer inspected the engine.
• A marine engineer repaired the ship’s machinery.
• Our maintenance engineers keep the factory running.

Sinónimos: hostler

Expresiones frecuentes: mechanical engineer, marine engineer, maintenance engineer

maquinista

Persona cuyo trabajo es conducir trenes.

En inglés sencillo: Someone whose job is to drive a train.

• The engineer stopped the train.
• She worked as a locomotive engineer for years.
• The engineer saw a red signal ahead.

Sinónimos: train driver

Expresiones frecuentes: train engineer, locomotive engineer

estratega

Persona que maneja hábilmente a otras personas o los acontecimientos para conseguir un resultado concreto.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who skillfully controls people or events to produce a particular result.

• He became the political engineer behind the campaign.
• Social engineers tried to reshape public attitudes.
• The party’s political engineer planned a surprising alliance.

Sinónimos: strategist

Expresiones frecuentes: political engineer, social engineer

diseñar, construir

Diseñar, construir o mejorar algo usando conocimientos técnicos.

En inglés sencillo: To use technical knowledge to design, build, or improve something.

• They engineered a new cooling system.
• This bridge was engineered to survive strong winds.
• We need to engineer a practical solution.

Cómo se usa: engineer something to do something (They engineered the device to use less power.)

Sinónimos: design, construct

Expresiones frecuentes: engineer a solution, engineer a system, engineer a bridge

modificar genéticamente

Cambiar los genes de un ser vivo o crear una pieza concreta de material genético.

En inglés sencillo: To change the genes of a living thing or create a particular piece of genetic material.

• Scientists engineered a new DNA sequence.
• The crops were genetically engineered to resist disease.
• They engineered cells that produce a useful protein.

Cómo se usa: engineer something to do something (Scientists engineered bacteria to produce the medicine.)

Sinónimos: genetically modify

Expresiones frecuentes: genetically engineer crops, engineer bacteria, engineer a gene

tramar, orquestar

Organizar hábilmente los acontecimientos para lograr un resultado, a menudo en secreto.

En inglés sencillo: To cleverly arrange events to achieve a result, often secretly.

• She engineered a meeting with the director.
• The prisoners engineered a clever escape.
• He quietly engineered his rival’s removal from office.

Sinónimos: arrange, orchestrate, contrive

Expresiones frecuentes: engineer a victory, engineer an escape, engineer a deal