junior

subalterno, de rango inferior

Que ocupa un puesto más bajo o tiene menos responsabilidades en una organización.

En inglés sencillo: Having a lower position or less responsibility in an organization.

• He is a junior doctor.
• Junior staff receive training every month.
• She was promoted from a junior position last year.

Cómo se usa: junior to someone (She is junior to the department manager.)

Sinónimos: lower-ranking, subordinate

Antónimos: senior

Expresiones frecuentes: junior staff, junior manager, junior officer

menor, juvenil

Más joven que otra persona, o destinado a personas jóvenes.

En inglés sencillo: Younger than another person, or intended for younger people.

• The junior members sat together.
• The club runs classes for junior players.
• Only children under twelve can enter the junior race.

Sinónimos: younger

Antónimos: senior, older

Expresiones frecuentes: junior members, junior players, junior school

de tercer año

Relacionado con el tercer año de un programa de secundaria o universidad de cuatro años.

En inglés sencillo: Relating to the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• She is in her junior year.
• We met during our junior year at college.
• The junior class organized a school fundraiser.

Sinónimos: third-year

Expresiones frecuentes: junior year, junior class, junior prom

júnior, juvenil

Con menos experiencia, o propio de competiciones para jugadores jóvenes o menos experimentados.

En inglés sencillo: Having less experience, or belonging to a competition for younger or less experienced players.

• He plays in a junior league.
• The junior senator has served for only two years.
• She won her first junior championship last summer.

Sinónimos: less experienced

Antónimos: senior

Expresiones frecuentes: junior league, junior competition, junior senator

estudiante de tercer año

Estudiante del tercer año de un programa de secundaria o universidad de cuatro años.

En inglés sencillo: A student in the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• My brother is a junior.
• The juniors are planning a class trip.
• As a college junior, she started applying for summer jobs.

Cómo se usa: a junior at a school/university (She is a junior at a university in Boston.)

Sinónimos: third-year student

Expresiones frecuentes: college junior, high school junior, a junior at

menor

Persona de menor edad que otra. A menudo se indica cuántos años menos tiene.

En inglés sencillo: Someone younger than another person, often by a stated number of years.

• She is two years my junior.
• His wife is his junior by six years.
• Most members of the club are my juniors.

Cómo se usa: a number of years someone’s junior (Her husband is five years her junior.); someone’s junior by a number of years (He is my junior by three years.)

Antónimos: senior

Expresiones frecuentes: someone’s junior, years someone’s junior, my junior

hijo, júnior

Palabra añadida al nombre de un hijo que se llama igual que su padre.

En inglés sencillo: A word added after a son’s name when he has the same name as his father.

• His full name is Robert Hill junior.
• Do you mean Daniel Brown junior or his father?
• Everyone calls William junior by his middle name.

Antónimos: senior

Expresiones frecuentes: John Smith junior, junior or senior