marriage

matrimonio

Relación y vida compartida de dos personas casadas.

En inglés sencillo: The relationship and shared life of two people who are married.

• They have a happy marriage.
• His first marriage ended after five years.
• Can they save their marriage?

Cómo se usa: marriage to someone (Her marriage to Ben lasted twenty years.)

Sinónimos: married life

Expresiones frecuentes: happy marriage, save a marriage, first marriage, marriage to someone

matrimonio

Estado de tener una pareja reconocida como cónyuge por la ley o la sociedad.

En inglés sencillo: The state of having a legally or socially recognized partner as a husband or wife.

• Marriage gives couples certain legal rights.
• They chose civil marriage instead of a religious ceremony.
• Is marriage important to you?

Sinónimos: matrimony, wedlock

Expresiones frecuentes: civil marriage, enter into marriage, marriage certificate, legal marriage

boda

Ceremonia en la que dos personas se casan.

En inglés sencillo: A ceremony in which two people become married.

• Their marriage took place in a small church.
• We attended the marriage of two old friends.
• The family gathered to celebrate her marriage.

Sinónimos: wedding

Expresiones frecuentes: marriage ceremony, marriage of someone, celebrate a marriage

combinación, unión

Unión de cosas diferentes que funcionan bien juntas y forman un conjunto.

En inglés sencillo: A successful joining of different things to make a whole.

• This dish is a marriage of different flavors.
• The show offers a successful marriage of music and dance.
• Their design achieved a perfect marriage between beauty and comfort.

Cómo se usa: marriage of A and B (The building is a marriage of old and new styles.); marriage between A and B (The project creates a marriage between science and art.)

Sinónimos: union, combination, blend

Expresiones frecuentes: marriage of something, perfect marriage, successful marriage, close marriage