install

instalar

Colocar un equipo o cargar un programa en un dispositivo y dejarlo listo para usar.

En inglés sencillo: To put equipment or software in place and prepare it for use.

• I need to install this app.
• They installed new windows last month.
• Have you installed the latest update?

Cómo se usa: install something on something (Install the software on your laptop.)

Sinónimos: set up, fit

Antónimos: remove, uninstall

Expresiones frecuentes: install software, install an app, install new equipment

nombrar, investir

Dar oficialmente a alguien un cargo con autoridad.

En inglés sencillo: To officially give someone a position of authority.

• They installed a new president.
• She was installed as head of the college.
• The ceremony installed him in office.

Cómo se usa: install someone as something (They installed her as chair of the committee.); install someone in something (The board installed him in the top position.)

Sinónimos: appoint, inaugurate

Antónimos: remove

Expresiones frecuentes: install someone as president, install a president, install a leader

instalarse, instalar

Acomodarse o acomodar a alguien en un lugar, generalmente de forma cómoda.

En inglés sencillo: To settle yourself or someone else in a place, often comfortably.

• She installed herself by the window.
• We installed the guests in the spare room.
• He had installed himself comfortably on the sofa.

Cómo se usa: install yourself in/on something (He installed himself in a comfortable chair.)

Sinónimos: settle

Expresiones frecuentes: install yourself somewhere, install yourself in, install someone in

instalación

Proceso de cargar un programa en un dispositivo y prepararlo para su uso.

En inglés sencillo: The process of putting software on a device and making it ready to use.

• The install took ten minutes.
• A clean install fixed the problem.
• Did the install finish successfully?

Sinónimos: installation, setup

Expresiones frecuentes: fresh install, clean install, complete the install

instalación

Copia de un programa que ya está instalada y lista para usarse en un dispositivo concreto.

En inglés sencillo: A copy of a software program already set up on a particular device.

• My local install works well.
• Their installs use different settings.
• We backed up the existing install before updating it.

Sinónimos: installation

Expresiones frecuentes: local install, existing install, customized install