supply

suministrar, abastecer

Proporcionar algo que las personas necesitan, a menudo de forma regular.

En inglés sencillo: To provide something that people need, often regularly.

• This farm supplies fresh milk.
• We supplied the workers with safety equipment.
• Who supplies electricity to your town?

Cómo se usa: supply something to someone/something (The company supplies food to local schools.); supply someone/something with something (They supplied the hospital with clean water.)

Sinónimos: provide, furnish

Antónimos: withhold

Expresiones frecuentes: supply something to someone, supply someone with something, supply electricity, supply something with fuel

alimentar, abastecer

Mantener un lugar o recipiente lleno de lo que necesita.

En inglés sencillo: To keep a place or container filled with something it needs.

• Small streams supply the lake.
• Rainwater supplied the underground tank.
• This spring supplies the reservoir throughout summer.

Cómo se usa: supply something with something (The pipe supplies the tank with water.)

Sinónimos: feed, replenish

Expresiones frecuentes: supply a reservoir, supply a tank, supply with water

reserva, existencias

Cantidad de algo que se guarda para usarla cuando haga falta.

En inglés sencillo: An amount of something kept ready to use when needed.

• We have a small supply of rice.
• Our water supply lasted three days.
• Is there a fresh supply of paper?

Cómo se usa: a supply of something (Keep a supply of clean water nearby.)

Sinónimos: stock, reserve

Expresiones frecuentes: supply of something, water supply, limited supply

suministros, provisiones

Comida, equipo y otras cosas necesarias para trabajar, viajar o vivir a diario.

En inglés sencillo: Food, equipment, and other things people need for work, travel, or daily life.

• We packed supplies for the trip.
• The hospital needs more medical supplies.
• They sent food and other supplies to the village.

Sinónimos: provisions

Expresiones frecuentes: medical supply, school supply, supply store, food supply

suministro, abastecimiento

Proceso o sistema de hacer llegar a las personas los bienes o servicios que necesitan.

En inglés sencillo: The process or system of getting needed goods or services to people.

• The storm interrupted the supply of electricity.
• Better roads improved the supply of food.
• Engineers restored the gas supply overnight.

Cómo se usa: the supply of something (The strike affected the supply of fuel.)

Sinónimos: provision, delivery

Expresiones frecuentes: supply of something, supply chain, supply network

asignación presupuestaria

Dinero que el parlamento autoriza al gobierno a gastar.

En inglés sencillo: Money approved by a parliament for the government to spend.

• Parliament voted supply for the coming year.
• The committee examined the supply bill.
• Members refused to grant supply to the government.

Sinónimos: appropriation

Expresiones frecuentes: vote supply, grant supply, supply bill

flexiblemente

De manera que se dobla con facilidad y se mueve con suavidad.

En inglés sencillo: In a way that bends easily and moves smoothly.

• The dancer bent supply at the waist.
• Her arms moved supply through the air.
• The branch curved supply beneath the snow.

Sinónimos: flexibly, supplely

Antónimos: stiffly

Expresiones frecuentes: move supply, bend supply, supply curved