| Principal Translations |
| secondary adj | (second in importance) | secundario/a adj |
| | Safety's our main concern; all other matters are secondary. |
| | La seguridad es nuestra preocupación principal, todo lo demás es secundario. |
| secondary adj | (importance: minor) | secundario/a adj |
| | We'll address these secondary concerns another time. |
| | Trataremos estos asuntos secundarios en otra oportunidad. |
| be secondary to [sth] v expr | (be of lesser importance than [sth]) | ser menos importante que loc verb |
| | | ser secundario con respecto a loc verb |
| | Looks are secondary to a great sense of humor. |
| | Las apariencias son menos importantes que tener un gran sentido del humor. |
| | Las apariencias son secundarias con respecto a tener un gran sentido del humor. |
| secondary adj | (source: derived) | secundario/a adj |
| | | derivado adj |
| | | indirecto/a adj |
| | Wikipedia relies mainly on secondary sources. |
| | Wikipedia depende principalmente de fuentes secundarias. |
| | Wikipedia depende principalmente de fuentes derivadas. |
| secondary adj | UK (relating to secondary school) | secundario/a adj |
| | She never got past secondary education. |
| | Nunca pasó más allá de la educación secundaria. |
Compound Forms:
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post secondary,
post-secondary adj | (education: tertiary) | terciario/a adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | The scheme is intended to address the specific needs of post-secondary students. |
| | We provide courses for learners at a post-secondary, but not tertiary, level. |
| | El plan intenta cubrir las necesidades específicas de los estudiantes terciarios. |
secondary accent,
secondary stress n | (phonetics) | acento secundario nm + adj |
secondary color,
secondary colour n | (mix of two primary colors) | color secundario nm + adj |
| secondary diagonal | (mathematics) | diagonal secundaria nf + adj |
| | | antidiagonal nf |
| secondary education n | (education at high-school level) | educación secundaria loc nom f |
| | | enseñanza media, educación media loc nom f |
| secondary evidence n | (law: indirect proof) | indicio nm |
| | Los indicios en su contra son muchos pero no sé si serían suficientes como para condenarlo. |
| | (derecho) | prueba circunstancial grupo nom |
| | Prueba circunstancial es la que resulta de la existencia de hechos distintos del hecho principal, pero tienden a establecer la existencia del hecho principal. |
| | (derecho) | presunción judicial grupo nom |
| secondary industry n | (manufacturing, services, etc.) | sector secundario loc nom m |
| secondary liability n | (indirect infringement of law) | responsabilidad secundaria nf + adj |
| | | responsabilidad subsidiaria nf + adj |
| secondary market n | (business: investors buy from investors) | mercado secundario nm + adj |
| | The secondary market for real estate investments grew by 35% last year. |
| secondary party n | (debt guarantor) | avalista n común |
| | | garante n común |
| secondary road n | (arterial road) | carretera secundaria nf + adj |
| | | camino lateral nm + adj |
| | The road south was a secondary road, and in very bad condition. |
| | La carretera del sur era una carretera secundario en muy mal estado. |
| secondary school n | (junior, senior high) | escuela secundaria loc nom f |
| | (AmL) | secundaria nf |
| | Jimmy starts secondary school tomorrow. |
| | Jimmy empieza la escuela secundaria mañana. |
| secondary source n | (supplementary reading) | bibliografía adicional nf + adj |
secondary storage,
auxiliary storage,
external storage,
secondary memory n | (computing) | almacenamiento secundario nm + adj |
| secondary stress n | (civil engineering) | tensión secundaria nf + adj |
| secondary teacher n | (educator in a high school) | profesor de secundaria, profesora de secundaria nm, nf + loc adj |
| | (ES) | profesor de instituto, profesora de instituto nm, nf + loc adj |
secondary-school student,
UK: secondary-school pupil n | (pupil at high school) | estudiante de secundaria grupo nom |
| | New figures show record high achievements for secondary-school pupils. |
storage cell,
secondary cell,
storage battery n | (electricity) | célula de almacenamiento loc nom m |