prone

propenso, proclive

Que tiende a hacer algo o a sufrir algo, especialmente si es malo.

En inglés sencillo: Likely to do something or experience something, especially something bad.

• She is prone to headaches.
• This old engine is prone to breaking down.
• Are some people more prone to mistakes when they are tired?

Cómo se usa: be prone to something (Young children are prone to ear infections.); be prone to doing something (He is prone to forgetting names.)

Sinónimos: susceptible, liable, inclined

Expresiones frecuentes: prone to something, prone to doing, prone to injury, prone to failure

boca abajo

Tumbado con el cuerpo extendido y la cara hacia el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: Lying flat with your face towards the ground.

• He lay prone on the floor.
• The patient was placed in a prone position.
• She found him prone beside the bed.

Cómo se usa: lie prone on something (He lay prone on the grass.)

Sinónimos: face down

Antónimos: supine

Expresiones frecuentes: lie prone, a prone position, prone on something