inform

informar, avisar

Comunicar a alguien datos o noticias sobre algo.

En inglés sencillo: To tell someone facts or news about something.

• Please inform your teacher.
• They informed us of the delay.
• Did anyone inform you that the meeting was cancelled?

Cómo se usa: inform someone of/about something (Please inform us of any changes.); inform someone that… (She informed me that the office was closed.)

Sinónimos: tell, notify

Expresiones frecuentes: inform someone, inform the public, inform someone promptly

orientar, fundamentar

Aportar conocimientos que ayudan a formar una opinión o tomar una decisión.

En inglés sencillo: To provide knowledge that helps someone form an opinion or make a decision.

• Research will inform our decision.
• Her experience informed her views on education.
• The findings should inform future policy.

Sinónimos: guide, influence

Expresiones frecuentes: inform a decision, inform policy, inform someone’s opinion

impregnar, inspirar

Influir en algo de manera que le dé un carácter o una cualidad particular.

En inglés sencillo: To give something a particular quality or character by influencing it throughout.

• Humor informs all her writing.
• His faith informed every painting he made.
• A love of nature informs the whole collection.

Sinónimos: shape, influence, pervade

Expresiones frecuentes: inform someone’s work, inform everything, inform someone’s writing

guiar, orientar

Servir de guía para la conducta de alguien o la manera de hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: To act as a guide for how someone behaves or how something is done.

• These principles inform our daily practice.
• A strict code informs the profession’s conduct.
• Respect for patients should inform every action.

Sinónimos: guide, direct

Expresiones frecuentes: inform professional practice, inform someone’s conduct, inform someone’s actions