height

altura

Distancia entre la parte más baja y la más alta de una persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: The distance from the bottom to the top of a person or thing.

• What is the height of this table?
• The tree reached a height of ten metres.
• They measured the children’s heights.

Sinónimos: tallness

Expresiones frecuentes: height of something, average height, full height, someone’s height

altura, altitud

Distancia vertical sobre el suelo, el mar u otro nivel elegido como referencia.

En inglés sencillo: The distance above the ground, sea, or another chosen level.

• The plane flew at a great height.
• Keep the shelf at a height children can reach.
• The balloon rose to a height of fifty metres.

Cómo se usa: at a height of + measurement (The helicopter hovered at a height of twenty metres.)

Sinónimos: altitude, elevation

Expresiones frecuentes: at a height, height above ground, great height

apogeo, auge

Momento o punto en que algo alcanza su mayor fuerza, éxito o intensidad.

En inglés sencillo: The time or point when something is strongest, most successful, or most extreme.

• She was at the height of her career.
• We visited at the height of summer.
• At the height of the storm, the lights went out.

Cómo se usa: at the height of something (At the height of the crisis, thousands needed help.)

Sinónimos: peak, climax, pinnacle

Expresiones frecuentes: height of something, at the height, height of summer