breadth

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbrɛdθ/, /ˈbrɛtθ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/brɛdθ, brɛtθ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bredth, bretth, breth)


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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
breadth n (width)anchura nf
  ancho nm
 Because of the ship's breadth, the crew wasn't sure it could safely sail down the canal.
 Debido a la anchura del barco, la tripulación no sabía si podría navegar con seguridad por el canal.
breadth n figurative (of experience, understanding)amplitud nf
 With his breadth of experience, I'm sure John can get a good job.
 Dada la amplitud de su experiencia, estoy seguro de que John puede conseguir un buen trabajo.
breadth n figurative (interests, viewpoints: liberal) (figurado)abanico nm
  amplitud nf
 The breadth of Marge's interests extends from astronomy to making furniture.
 Marge posee un amplio abanico de intereses, que van desde la astronomía a la fabricación de muebles.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
breadth n (considerable size)amplitud nf
  anchura nf
 The breadth of the palace astounded the foreign visitors.
 La amplitud del palacio dejó atónitos a los visitantes extranjeros.
breadth n (fabric: standard width)ancho nm
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
a hairbreadth away (US),
a hair's breadth away (UK)
expr
figurative (very close) (coloquial, figurado)a un tiro de piedra loc adv
  (coloquial, figurado)a un pelo loc adv
  a un paso loc adv
 The house that I bought was a hair's breadth away from the sea.
 La casa que compré estaba a un tiro de piedra del mar.
  pegado a adj + prep
  junto a adj + prep
by a hair's breadth adv (by the slightest margin)por un pelo loc adv
 The horse won by a hair's breadth.
 Ganó la carrera por un pelo.
  (PR, familiar)con las justas loc adv
 Ganó la carrera con las justas.
  (México)por un pelito loc adv
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. Se salvó de tener un accidente por un pelito.
a hairbreadth (US),
a hair's breadth (UK)
n
figurative (minute gap or margin)por un pelo loc prep
within a hair's breadth of [sth],
within a hair's breadth of doing [sth]
expr
figurative (very close, almost) (coloquial, figurado)por un pelo loc adv
  (AR, coloquial)de pedo loc adv
 We came within a hair's breadth of disaster.
 Nos salvamos del desastre por un pelo.
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