founder

fundador

Persona que crea una empresa, una organización u otra actividad duradera.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who starts a company, organization, or other lasting activity.

• The founder still runs the company.
• Its founders met at university.
• Who was the founder of this school?

Cómo se usa: founder of something (She is the founder of a local charity.)

Sinónimos: creator, establisher

Expresiones frecuentes: company founder, founder of something

fundidor

Persona que fabrica objetos de metal vertiendo metal caliente y líquido en moldes.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who makes metal objects by pouring hot liquid metal into shaped containers.

• A founder cast the bronze bell.
• The workshop employed several skilled founders.
• The founder poured hot metal into a sand mould.

Sinónimos: caster, metal caster

Expresiones frecuentes: bell founder, type founder, bronze founder

fundidor

Trabajador encargado de un gran horno que calienta materiales para producir hierro.

En inglés sencillo: A worker responsible for a large furnace that heats materials to produce iron.

• The founder checked the blast furnace.
• An experienced founder supervised the smelting process.
• The ironworks employed two founders to manage its furnaces.

Expresiones frecuentes: iron founder, blast-furnace founder

infosura, laminitis

Enfermedad grave de los caballos que causa hinchazón y dolor dentro de los cascos.

En inglés sencillo: A serious condition in horses in which the inside of the feet becomes swollen and painful.

• The pony developed founder last spring.
• The vet treated the horse for founder.
• Severe founder can leave a horse unable to walk.

Sinónimos: laminitis

Expresiones frecuentes: severe founder, founder in horses

fracasar

Fracasar o dejar de avanzar debido a problemas graves.

En inglés sencillo: To fail or stop making progress because of serious problems.

• Their plans foundered through lack of money.
• The talks foundered when neither side would compromise.
• Without public support, the project may founder.

Cómo se usa: founder on something (The deal foundered on a dispute over costs.)

Sinónimos: fail, collapse

Antónimos: succeed

Expresiones frecuentes: founder on something, plans founder

hundir

Hacer que un barco se llene de agua y se hunda.

En inglés sencillo: To make a boat or ship fill with water and sink.

• Huge waves foundered the boat.
• The storm foundered several fishing vessels.
• Water pouring through the damaged hull finally foundered the ship.

Sinónimos: sink, swamp

Expresiones frecuentes: founder a ship, founder the boat

tropezar

Dar un traspié o caer, a veces quedando sin poder caminar bien.

En inglés sencillo: To stumble or fall, sometimes becoming unable to walk properly.

• The horse foundered on the rough track.
• His tired mount foundered and fell.
• The rider stopped when her horse began to founder.

Sinónimos: stumble, fall

Expresiones frecuentes: founder in mud, founder on something