hereditary

hereditario

Transmitido de padres a hijos mediante los genes, especialmente una enfermedad o un rasgo físico.

En inglés sencillo: Passed from parents to their children through genes, especially a disease or physical feature.

• This disease is hereditary.
• The doctor asked about hereditary conditions in our family.
• Some forms of hearing loss are hereditary.

Sinónimos: inherited, genetic

Antónimos: acquired

Expresiones frecuentes: hereditary disease, hereditary condition, hereditary trait

hereditario

Título, honor o derecho que pasa legalmente a los descendientes cuando muere quien lo posee.

En inglés sencillo: A title, honour, or right that legally passes to a person’s descendant when that person dies.

• The title is hereditary.
• His daughter will inherit the hereditary rank when he dies.
• The law abolished several hereditary rights.

Sinónimos: inheritable

Expresiones frecuentes: hereditary title, hereditary right, hereditary peerage

hereditario, heredado

Que pasa a otra persona como propiedad o posesión tras la muerte de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: Passed to someone as property or a possession after another person dies.

• The land was hereditary property.
• Her family still owns its hereditary estate.
• The will listed several hereditary possessions.

Sinónimos: inherited

Expresiones frecuentes: hereditary property, hereditary estate, hereditary possessions

hereditario

Que posee un título o cargo de poder recibido legalmente de su familia.

En inglés sencillo: Having a title or position of power that legally passed down through the family.

• The island has a hereditary chief.
• Hereditary rulers governed the region for centuries.
• He entered parliament as a hereditary peer.

Expresiones frecuentes: hereditary ruler, hereditary chief, hereditary peer