sight

vista, visión

Capacidad de percibir lo que hay alrededor mediante los ojos.

En inglés sencillo: The ability to see with your eyes.

• His sight is getting worse.
• She lost her sight as a child.
• The treatment restored some of his sight.

Sinónimos: vision, eyesight

Antónimos: blindness

Expresiones frecuentes: lose your sight, poor sight, sense of sight

vista, imagen

Algo que se ve, especialmente si provoca una emoción intensa.

En inglés sencillo: Something you see, especially something that causes a strong feeling.

• The flowers were a beautiful sight.
• Her smiling face was a welcome sight.
• We saw some strange sights on our journey.

Sinónimos: scene, spectacle

Expresiones frecuentes: a beautiful sight, a welcome sight, a strange sight, a familiar sight

vista, visión

El hecho o la experiencia de ver a alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: The act or experience of seeing someone or something.

• The sight of blood made him faint.
• We caught sight of a deer.
• She cried at the sight of her old home.

Cómo se usa: the sight of someone/something (The sight of her dog made her smile.); catch/lose sight of someone/something (I lost sight of the boat in the fog.)

Sinónimos: view, glimpse

Expresiones frecuentes: catch sight of, the sight of, lose sight of

atracción turística, lugar de interés

Lugar o cosa que la gente visita porque resulta interesante de ver.

En inglés sencillo: A place or thing that people visit because it is interesting to see.

• The castle is the town’s most famous sight.
• We spent the morning seeing the sights.
• Which sights should we visit first?

Sinónimos: attraction

Expresiones frecuentes: see the sights, a famous sight, a tourist sight

mira

Parte de un arma que ayuda a apuntar al objetivo.

En inglés sencillo: A part of a gun or other weapon that helps you aim at a target.

• The rifle has a new sight.
• He adjusted the sight before firing.
• She looked through the sight at the distant target.

Expresiones frecuentes: a rifle sight, a telescopic sight, adjust the sight

avistar, divisar

Llegar a ver algo, a menudo tras buscarlo o desde lejos.

En inglés sencillo: To notice or see something, often after looking for it or from far away.

• We sighted land at dawn.
• The crew sighted a whale near the boat.
• Have any hikers sighted the missing dog?

Sinónimos: spot, see

Expresiones frecuentes: sight land, sight a whale, sight something offshore

ajustar la mira

Instalar o ajustar la mira de un arma para que los disparos lleguen adonde se apunta.

En inglés sencillo: To fit or adjust a gun’s aiming device so that its shots go where you aim.

• He sighted the rifle carefully.
• We sighted in the new gun at the range.
• Can you sight this rifle before the competition?

Cómo se usa: sight something in (She sighted the rifle in at the shooting range.)

Sinónimos: zero

Expresiones frecuentes: sight a rifle, sight a gun, sight something in