prologue

prólogo

Discurso o sección al principio de una historia u obra teatral que sirve para presentarla.

En inglés sencillo: An opening speech or section that introduces a story or play.

• Read the prologue first.
• The play begins with a short prologue.
• Her novel has a prologue set fifty years earlier.

Cómo se usa: prologue to something (The prologue to the play explains the conflict.)

Sinónimos: introduction, preface

Antónimos: epilogue

Expresiones frecuentes: short prologue, prologue to something, opening prologue

prólogo de función

Parte de un programa informático que prepara lo necesario antes de ejecutar otra parte.

En inglés sencillo: A part of a computer program that gets things ready before another part runs.

• The prologue saves the registers.
• This compiler generates a short function prologue.
• The routine cannot run correctly without its prologue.

Antónimos: epilogue

Expresiones frecuentes: function prologue, routine prologue

recitador del prólogo

Persona que pronuncia el discurso inicial antes de una obra de teatro.

En inglés sencillo: A person who gives the opening speech before a play.

• The prologue stepped onto the stage.
• An actor playing the prologue welcomed the audience.
• The prologue spoke before the main characters appeared.

Expresiones frecuentes: the prologue enters, prologue speaks

libro de lecturas de santos

Libro eclesiástico con lecturas para cada día, incluidos relatos de las vidas de los santos.

En inglés sencillo: A church book with readings for each day, including accounts of saints’ lives.

• The monk opened the prologue.
• Today’s reading in the prologue describes a saint’s life.
• The monastery kept an old prologue in its library.

Expresiones frecuentes: read the prologue, church prologue

prologar

Comenzar algo con una introducción formal.

En inglés sencillo: To begin something with a formal introduction.

• She prologued the play with a speech.
• The author prologues his story with a warning.
• He prologued the ceremony with some formal remarks.

Cómo se usa: prologue something with something (He prologued the story with a short poem.)

Sinónimos: introduce, preface

Expresiones frecuentes: prologue something with, prologue a play