biased

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From the verb bias: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
biased adj (person: partial, favourable to)parcial adj
  partidista adj
  prejuiciado/a adj
 He's biased because his nephew's one of the applicants.
 Él es parcial porque su sobrino es uno de los candidatos.
 Él es partidista de su sobrino, que es uno de los candidatos.
biased adj (person: prejudiced against)prejuiciado/a adj
  predispuesto/a adj
 The committee seems racially biased against me.
 La comisión está racialmente prejuiciada en mi contra.
biased adj (statement: unfair, prejudiced)tendencioso/a adj
 Biased statements like these shouldn't appear in the report.
 Declaraciones tendenciosas como éstas no deberían figurar en el informe.
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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bias for [sth/sb] n (inclination: in favour)preferencia nf
  inclinación nf
 His bias for attractive employees was obvious.
 Su preferencia por las empleadas atractivas era evidente.
 Su inclinación por las empleadas atractivas era evidente.
bias in favor of [sth/sb] (US),
bias in favour of [sth/sb] (UK)
n
(inclination: in favor)inclinación a favor de nf + loc prep
  sesgo a favor de nm + loc prep
 The electoral system suffers from bias in favour of one particular party.
 El sistema electoral tiene inclinación a favor de uno de los partidos.
bias against [sth/sb] n (prejudice: against)prejuicio contra mn + prep
 The manager was fired because of his bias against women.
 El gerente fue despedido por su prejuicio contra las mujeres.
bias n (viewpoint)sesgo nm
  tendencia nf
 I don't trust his judgement because of his strong political bias.
 No confío en la imparcialidad de sus juicios a causa de su marcado sesgo político.
 No confío en la imparcialidad de sus juicios a causa de su marcada tendencia política.
bias n (statistics: systematic distortion) (estadística)margen de error loc nom m
  sesgo nm
 The results might have a bias because the sample was not random.
 Los resultados deben haber tenido algún margen de error porque las muestras no fueron escogidas aleatoriamente.
 Los resultados deben haber tenido algún sesgo porque las muestras no fueron escogidas aleatoriamente.
bias n (fabric direction)bies nm inv
 It is important to find the bias of the fabric before cutting.
 Es importante encontrar el bies de la tela antes de cortar.
bias [sb] in favor of [sb/sth] (US),
bias [sb] in favour of [sb/sth] (UK)
v expr
(prejudice, influence in favor)inclinar a alguien a favor de loc verb
 Steph's upbringing has biased her in favour of left-wing causes.
 Su crianza ha inclinado a Steph a favor de las causas de izquierda.
bias [sb] against [sb/sth] vtr + prep (prejudice, influence [sb] against)predisponer en contra de vtr + loc prep
 The media may have biased people against voting for Taylor.
 Quizás los medios de comunicación predispusieron a la gente en contra de votar por Taylor.
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Additional Translations
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bias n (electronics: regulating factor) (Electrónica)polarización nf
  bias nm
 The bias regulates current flow through the vacuum tube.
 La polarización regula el flujo de corriente a través de la válvula termoiónica.
bias [sth] vtr (electronics: give a bias) (electrónica)polarizar vtr
 I biased the circuit to run from 1.0V to 5.0V.
 Polaricé el circuito para que funcionase entre 1 y 5 V.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
bias | biased
InglésEspañol
confirmation bias n (favoring facts that confirm own belief)sesgo de confirmación nm + loc adj
  sesgo confirmatorio nm + adj
cut [sth] on the bias v expr often passive (cut in diagonal direction of fabric)cortar al bies loc verb
gender bias n (sexual discrimination)discriminación de género loc nom f
 The professor's gender bias was clear when he said that women could not write as well as men.
have a bias against [sb/sth] v expr (be prejudiced against)estar sesgado contra, tener sesgo contra loc verb
  estar predispuesto en contra de loc verb
  (MX, coloquial)tenerle mala fe a loc verb
  (ES, coloquial)tenerle tirria a, tenerle ojeriza a, tenerle manía a loc verb
 They have a bias against assertive women.
 Le tienen mala fe a las mujeres con determinación.
on the bias adj (diagonal, slanted)en diagonal loc adv
social bias n (class discrimination)clasismo nm
 En ciertos lugares, el clasismo se considera como algo normal.
unconscious bias n (implicit prejudice)sesgo inconsciente loc nom m
  prejuicio inconsciente loc nom m
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