property

propiedad, bienes

Cosas que pertenecen a una persona u organización, incluidos terrenos y edificios.

En inglés sencillo: Things that belong to a person or organization, including land and buildings.

• This bag is my property.
• The police returned her stolen property.
• Please respect other people’s property.

Sinónimos: possessions, belongings

Expresiones frecuentes: private property, personal property, someone’s property

propiedad, bienes

Cosas que pertenecen a una persona, grupo u organización.

En inglés sencillo: Something that belongs to a person, group, or organization.

• These tools are my property.
• Please return any lost property to the office.
• The police found stolen property in his car.

Cómo se usa: the property of someone (This bicycle is the property of the school.)

Sinónimos: possessions, belongings

Expresiones frecuentes: private property, personal property, stolen property

propiedad, característica

Rasgo de una sustancia o cosa que determina cómo se comporta o qué puede hacer.

En inglés sencillo: A feature of a substance or thing that affects how it behaves or what it can do.

• This material has a useful property.
• We studied the chemical properties of water.
• Which property makes this metal useful for wires?

Cómo se usa: property of something (One property of copper is its ability to carry electricity.)

Sinónimos: characteristic, feature, attribute

Expresiones frecuentes: physical property, chemical property, useful property

dominio, derecho de propiedad

Derecho reconocido por la ley a poseer, usar y vender algo.

En inglés sencillo: The legal right to own, use, and sell something.

• The law protects the right of property.
• They disputed her property in the land.
• Property in the goods passes to the buyer upon payment.

Cómo se usa: property in something (The agreement transfers property in the goods to the buyer.)

Sinónimos: ownership, title

Expresiones frecuentes: right of property, property rights, property in something