collateral

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈlætərəl/, /kɒˈlætərəl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/kəˈlætərəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə lat′ər əl)


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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
collateral n (money)garantía nf
  aval nm
  fianza nf
 Greg used his car as collateral for the loan.
 Greg usó su auto como garantía para el préstamo.
 Greg usó su auto como aval para el préstamo.
 Greg usó su auto como fianza para el préstamo.
collateral adj (additional, accompanying)colateral adj mf
  adicional adj mf
 The professor began talking about collateral topics and forgot his main point.
 El profesor empezó a hablar de temas colaterales y se olvidó del punto principal.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
collateral adj (of common ancestor)colateral adj mf
 The two plants are believed to be collateral species.
 Se cree que las dos plantas son especies colaterales.
collateral n (common ancestor)colateral n común
 The collaterals in line for the throne are missing.
 Faltan los colaterales en la línea del trono.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
collateral action n (law: other case)recurso colateral loc nom m
collateral assignment n (loan security)cesión en garantía loc nom f
collateral attack n (law: indirect challenge in new action) (para apelar una sentencia)procedimiento especial grupo nom
  alegato de nulidad loc nom m
collateral benefits npl (additional, incidental gain)beneficios colaterales nmpl
 El negocio con los visitantes le dio beneficios colaterales.
  beneficio adicional nm
collateral consanguinity n (law: common relatives)consanguinidad colateral loc nom f
collateral damage n (civilian deaths in military attack)daño colateral loc nom m
collateral damage n (incidental damage)daño colateral loc nom m
 The police inspected the collateral damage from the shooting.
 La policía investigaba el daño colateral del tiroteo.
collateral fact n often plural (law: no direct relation to case)hecho colateral nm + adj mf
collateral heir n (law: indirect descendant)heredero colateral, heredera colateral loc nm, loc nf
  heredero consanguíneo, heredera consanguínea loc nm, loc nf
collateral line n (law: shared ancestry)línea colateral loc nom f
collateral loan n (loan: secured)préstamo con garantía prendaria o hipotecaria grupo nom
  préstamo con aval grupo nom
 The bank will give you a collateral loan if you give them stocks or bonds for security.
  préstamo avalado grupo nom
  (PR)préstamo colateral grupo nom
collateral note n (secured promise)pagaré con garantía colateral grupo nom
collateral security n (business: secondary protection)garantía accesoria nf + adj
  garantía subsidiaria nf + adj
 The lender asked for collateral security.
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'collateral' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
after-aquired - issue preclusion - secure - secured bond - secured loan
Spanish:
colateral - daño colateral - dar algo en garantía - dejar en prenda - ejecución prendaria - heredero colateral - prenda

Collocations: a [lack, shortfall, shortage] of collateral, collateral for [credits, securities, bonds], collateral for a [college, personal, university] loan, more...

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