register

registro

Lista o documento oficial donde se anotan nombres, acontecimientos u operaciones.

En inglés sencillo: An official list or record of names, events, or transactions.

• Please sign the register.
• The teacher checked the attendance register.
• I couldn’t find my name on the electoral register.

Cómo se usa: a register of something (The library keeps a register of its members.); on the register (Your name is on the register.)

Sinónimos: list, record, roll

Expresiones frecuentes: attendance register, electoral register, sign the register

caja registradora

Máquina de una tienda que suma precios y guarda el dinero pagado por los clientes.

En inglés sencillo: A shop machine that adds up prices and keeps the money paid by customers.

• Pay at the register, please.
• The cashier opened the register.
• There are three registers near the entrance.

Sinónimos: cash register, till

Expresiones frecuentes: cash register, at the register, register drawer

registro

Manera de hablar o escribir adecuada para una situación o un grupo determinados.

En inglés sencillo: A way of speaking or writing that suits a particular situation or group.

• The letter uses a formal register.
• Friends usually speak in a relaxed register.
• Different situations call for different registers.

Sinónimos: style

Expresiones frecuentes: formal register, informal register, academic register

registro

Franja de sonidos agudos o graves que produce una voz o un instrumento musical.

En inglés sencillo: The range of high or low sounds that a voice or musical instrument produces.

• Her voice is clear in its lower register.
• The flute plays in a high register.
• He moves easily between different vocal registers.

Sinónimos: range

Expresiones frecuentes: upper register, lower register, vocal register

registrarse, inscribir

Añadir tu nombre o tus datos a una lista oficial, o hacerlo por otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: To put your name or details on an official list, or add someone else’s.

• You can register online.
• She registered her baby’s birth yesterday.
• Have you registered for the exam?

Cómo se usa: register for something (You must register for the course by Friday.); register with someone/something (I registered with a new doctor.); register someone/something as something (They registered the building as a historic site.)

Sinónimos: sign up, enroll

Antónimos: deregister

Expresiones frecuentes: register for something, register with someone, register a birth, register someone

presentar, manifestar

Comunicar formalmente una queja, un desacuerdo o una opinión.

En inglés sencillo: To formally tell someone about your complaint, disagreement, or opinion.

• I want to register a complaint.
• Residents registered their objections to the plan.
• The union will register a formal protest.

Sinónimos: lodge, express

Expresiones frecuentes: register a complaint, register a protest, register an objection

calar, ser comprendido

Llegar a la conciencia de alguien, de modo que lo note o entienda su importancia.

En inglés sencillo: If something does this, you notice it or understand its importance.

• His name did not register.
• The news finally registered with her.
• I heard the question, but it barely registered.

Cómo se usa: register with someone (The significance of her words finally registered with me.)

Sinónimos: sink in

Expresiones frecuentes: register with someone, barely register

marcar, registrar

Dicho de un aparato de medición, mostrar o anotar un valor determinado.

En inglés sencillo: If a measuring device does this, it shows or records a particular amount.

• The thermometer registered thirty degrees.
• The meter registers tiny changes in pressure.
• Did the scale register your weight correctly?

Sinónimos: record, show, indicate

Expresiones frecuentes: register a temperature, register a change, register zero