stage

escenario

Plataforma elevada donde se actúa o se habla ante un público.

En inglés sencillo: A raised area where people perform or speak in front of an audience.

• The singer walked onto the stage.
• Bright lights shone above the stage.
• Have you ever performed on stage?

Cómo se usa: on stage (The dancers are already on stage.)

Sinónimos: platform

Expresiones frecuentes: on stage, take the stage, stage lights, theatre stage

etapa, fase

Una parte de un proceso, del desarrollo de algo o de una serie de acontecimientos.

En inglés sencillo: One part of a process, period of development, or series of events.

• We are at the planning stage.
• The project has three main stages.
• What happens during the next stage of treatment?

Cómo se usa: a stage of/in something (We have reached the final stage of the project.); at a stage (At this stage, we cannot make changes.); in stages (The repairs will be completed in stages.)

Sinónimos: phase, step

Expresiones frecuentes: early stage, final stage, at this stage, stage of something

diligencia

Carruaje grande tirado por caballos que transportaba pasajeros entre poblaciones por una ruta fija.

En inglés sencillo: A large horse-drawn vehicle that carried passengers between towns on a regular route.

• The stage arrived at noon.
• Six passengers climbed into the stage.
• They missed the morning stage and waited until evening.

Sinónimos: stagecoach, coach

Expresiones frecuentes: catch the stage, stage driver, morning stage

etapa

Parte de un circuito electrónico que procesa una señal y la envía a la siguiente parte.

En inglés sencillo: One section of an electronic circuit that processes a signal before passing it to the next section.

• The amplifier has two stages.
• The output stage drives the speaker.
• Each filter stage removes more unwanted signals.

Sinónimos: section, block

Expresiones frecuentes: amplifier stage, output stage, filter stage, input stage

platina

Parte plana del microscopio donde se coloca la lámina de vidrio que se observa.

En inglés sencillo: The flat part of a microscope that holds the small glass plate you look at.

• Place the slide on the stage.
• She lowered the microscope's stage carefully.
• The stage clips held the glass slide in place.

Sinónimos: specimen platform

Expresiones frecuentes: microscope stage, mechanical stage, stage clips

organizar, llevar a cabo

Organizar y realizar un evento o una acción planeada.

En inglés sencillo: To organize and carry out an event or planned action.

• The workers staged a strike.
• Students staged a protest outside the university.
• The team staged a remarkable comeback in the final minutes.

Sinónimos: organize, hold, carry out

Expresiones frecuentes: stage a protest, stage a strike, stage a comeback, stage a demonstration

representar, poner en escena

Preparar y presentar una obra teatral u otro espectáculo ante un público.

En inglés sencillo: To prepare and present a play or other performance for an audience.

• The school staged a play.
• They are staging a new musical this summer.
• Our theatre has never staged an opera before.

Sinónimos: put on, produce, present

Expresiones frecuentes: stage a play, stage a musical, stage a show, stage an opera

simular, fingir

Preparar un suceso o una escena para que la gente crea que ocurrió de manera natural.

En inglés sencillo: To arrange an event or scene so that people wrongly believe it happened naturally.

• They staged the robbery.
• The couple staged an accident to claim insurance money.
• Was the rescue real, or had someone staged it?

Sinónimos: fake, set up

Expresiones frecuentes: stage an accident, stage a robbery, stage a scene