letter

letra

Signo escrito, como a, b o c, que se usa para formar palabras.

En inglés sencillo: A written sign, such as a, b, or c, used to form words.

• Write the first letter of your name.
• This word has six letters.
• Is that a capital letter?

Sinónimos: character

Expresiones frecuentes: capital letter, letter of something

carta

Mensaje escrito que se envía a alguien, a menudo en papel.

En inglés sencillo: A written message that you send to someone, often on paper.

• I got a letter today.
• She sent her brother a long letter.
• Have you read the letters from your grandmother?

Cómo se usa: letter to someone (I wrote a letter to my cousin.); letter from someone (There is a letter from the school.)

Sinónimos: bookstaff, ltr

Expresiones frecuentes: write a letter, letter to someone

letras, literatura

La literatura y la actividad de escribir obras literarias; en inglés suele usarse en plural.

En inglés sencillo: Literature and the activity of writing it, usually expressed with the plural form.

• She devoted her life to letters.
• He was respected as a man of letters.
• The university honored her contribution to letters.

Sinónimos: literature

Expresiones frecuentes: letter and science, letter and art

arrendador

Persona que permite usar una habitación o una propiedad a cambio de un pago.

En inglés sencillo: A person who allows someone to use a room or property in return for payment.

• The letter of the room collected the rent.
• She earned money as a letter of lodgings.
• The tenant negotiated with the letter of the house.

Sinónimos: landlord, lessor

Antónimos: tenant

Expresiones frecuentes: letter of rooms, letter of property