secondary

secundario

Menos importante que lo principal.

En inglés sencillo: Less important than the main thing.

• Cost is a secondary concern.
• Her own comfort was secondary to the children’s safety.
• He played a secondary role in the project.

Cómo se usa: secondary to something (For us, price is secondary to quality.)

Sinónimos: less important, minor, subordinate

Antónimos: primary, main

Expresiones frecuentes: secondary concern, secondary importance, secondary to something

secundario

Que viene después de la primera etapa; en educación, posterior a la enseñanza primaria.

En inglés sencillo: Coming after the first stage or place in a series.

• She starts secondary school next year.
• The process enters its secondary stage after cooling.
• These pupils have completed their secondary education.

Sinónimos: second

Antónimos: primary

Expresiones frecuentes: secondary school, secondary education, secondary stage

secundario

Dicho de un color: obtenido al mezclar dos colores primarios.

En inglés sencillo: Made by mixing two basic colours.

• Orange is a secondary colour in painting.
• Mix two primary colours to make a secondary colour.
• The children identified the secondary colours on the wheel.

Antónimos: primary

Expresiones frecuentes: secondary colour, secondary colors

delegado

Realizado o proporcionado por alguien que actúa en nombre del responsable principal.

En inglés sencillo: Done or provided by someone acting for the person mainly responsible.

• The work passed through secondary hands.
• He accepted reports from secondary agents acting for the king.
• The orders came from a secondary authority appointed by the governor.

Sinónimos: delegated

Expresiones frecuentes: secondary hands, secondary authority

escuela secundaria, instituto

Centro educativo al que van los alumnos después de terminar la escuela primaria.

En inglés sencillo: A school for children who have finished primary school.

• She attends the local secondary.
• Two secondaries in the district offer music lessons.
• Parents compared the nearby secondaries before applying.

Sinónimos: secondary school

Expresiones frecuentes: local secondary, a secondary

adjunto, suplente

Persona que ayuda a un alto cargo y puede actuar en su lugar.

En inglés sencillo: A person who helps a senior official and can act in their place.

• The secondary assisted the sheriff.
• A new secondary was appointed to handle the records.
• The sheriff left these duties to his secondary.

Sinónimos: deputy, assistant

Expresiones frecuentes: a secondary, the secondary