in order

ordenado, en orden

Colocado siguiendo una secuencia, por ejemplo del primero al último o del más pequeño al más grande.

En inglés sencillo: Arranged in a sequence, such as from first to last or smallest to largest.

• The numbers are in order.
• Put these names in order from A to Z.
• Are the pages still in order after you dropped them?

Cómo se usa: in order of something (Arrange the boxes in order of size.)

Sinónimos: ordered, sequential

Antónimos: out of order

Expresiones frecuentes: numbers in order, put in order, in order of size

en orden, organizado

Bien organizado, preparado o gestionado, de modo que todo esté como debe estar.

En inglés sencillo: Properly arranged, prepared, or managed so that everything is as it should be.

• Everything is in order.
• He keeps his desk in order.
• We got our affairs in order before moving abroad.

Cómo se usa: get something in order (She got her papers in order before the appointment.)

Sinónimos: organized, tidy, ready

Antónimos: disorganized

Expresiones frecuentes: keep in order, affairs in order, papers in order

para, a fin de

Se usa con una acción para indicar qué se quiere conseguir al hacerla.

En inglés sencillo: Used with an action to show what someone wants to achieve.

• I called in order to help.
• They worked extra hours in order to finish the job.
• In order to stay healthy, she walks every day.

Cómo se usa: in order to + verb (We took a taxi in order to arrive on time.)

Sinónimos: to, so as to

Expresiones frecuentes: in order to learn, in order to save

reglamentario, admisible

Admitido por las reglas, especialmente durante una reunión formal.

En inglés sencillo: Allowed under the rules, especially during an official meeting.

• Your question is in order.
• The chair ruled that the motion was in order.
• Would it be in order to discuss the budget today?

Cómo se usa: be in order to + verb (Is it in order to raise this question now?)

Sinónimos: permitted, admissible

Antónimos: out of order

Expresiones frecuentes: be in order, motion in order, question in order