subordinate

secundario, subordinado

Menos importante que otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: Less important than something else.

• Money played a subordinate role.
• Personal comfort was subordinate to the team’s needs.
• These details are subordinate to the main argument.

Cómo se usa: subordinate to something (Cost is subordinate to safety in this project.)

Sinónimos: secondary, less important

Antónimos: primary, main

Expresiones frecuentes: subordinate role, subordinate importance, subordinate to something

subordinado, inferior

Que tiene un rango o una posición inferior a la de alguien o algo más.

En inglés sencillo: Having a lower rank or position than someone or something else.

• He held a subordinate position.
• Subordinate officers reported to the commander.
• This department is subordinate to the central office.

Cómo se usa: subordinate to someone/something (A lieutenant is subordinate to a captain.)

Sinónimos: junior, lower-ranking

Antónimos: senior, superior

Expresiones frecuentes: subordinate officer, subordinate position, subordinate rank

subordinado, sometido

Bajo el control de alguien o algo que tiene mayor autoridad.

En inglés sencillo: Controlled by someone or something with greater authority.

• The committee remained subordinate to the board.
• His wishes were subordinate to his father’s will.
• The army was subordinate to civilian authority.

Cómo se usa: subordinate to someone/something (The local council remained subordinate to the governor.)

Sinónimos: subject, subservient

Antónimos: independent

Expresiones frecuentes: subordinate to someone, subordinate to authority, remain subordinate

subordinado

Persona que trabaja bajo las órdenes de otra en una organización.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who works under another person in an organization.

• She praised her subordinates.
• He asked a subordinate to prepare the report.
• A good manager listens to every subordinate.

Antónimos: superior

Expresiones frecuentes: a direct subordinate, manage a subordinate, a trusted subordinate

subordinar

Dar a alguien o algo menos importancia que a otra persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: To treat someone or something as less important than another person or thing.

• Do not subordinate safety to speed.
• She subordinated her own wishes to the family’s needs.
• The plan subordinates individual freedom to state control.

Cómo se usa: subordinate someone/something to someone/something (They subordinated profit to public safety.)

Sinónimos: deprioritize

Antónimos: prioritize

Expresiones frecuentes: subordinate something to something, subordinate personal interests, subordinate individual needs