posse

pandilla, grupo de amigos

Grupo de amigos que suelen pasar tiempo juntos, especialmente jóvenes.

En inglés sencillo: A group of friends or people who regularly spend time together, especially young people.

• My posse is here.
• He brought his whole posse to the party.
• A posse of school friends met at the café every Friday.

Cómo se usa: a posse of someone (She arrived with a posse of friends.)

Sinónimos: crew, gang, circle of friends

Expresiones frecuentes: my posse, posse of friends, the whole posse

partida de búsqueda, grupo de búsqueda

Grupo de personas que salen juntas a buscar a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: A group of people who go out together to look for someone.

• The posse searched the woods.
• The sheriff formed a posse to find the missing rider.
• Volunteers joined the posse before dawn.

Sinónimos: search party

Expresiones frecuentes: form a posse, search posse, join the posse

banda criminal, pandilla

Grupo de personas que cometen delitos juntas.

En inglés sencillo: A group of people who commit crimes together.

• The posse controlled the drug trade.
• Police arrested three members of the armed posse.
• Rival posses fought over territory in the city.

Sinónimos: gang

Expresiones frecuentes: armed posse, rival posse, posse member

multitud, grupo

Grupo de personas reunidas, a veces con intenciones hostiles o amenazantes.

En inglés sencillo: A group of people gathered together, sometimes with unfriendly or threatening intentions.

• A large posse filled the street.
• A posse of strangers surrounded the gate.
• The approaching posse looked angry and ready for trouble.

Cómo se usa: a posse of people (A posse of angry villagers gathered outside.)

Sinónimos: crowd, group, throng

Expresiones frecuentes: posse of people, angry posse, large posse