Compound Forms:
common | commoner |
ballad meter (US),
ballad metre (UK) n | (variation of common measure) (poesía) | metro de balada loc nom m |
| by common consent adv | (with everyone's agreement) | por consenso loc adv |
| common accord n | (shared agreement) | común acuerdo adj mf + nm |
| | De común acuerdo decidieron engalanar la calle para la fiesta. |
| common ancestor n | (biology, genealogy: line of descent) | antepasado común loc nom m |
| | Humans and chimps share a common ancestor that lived 7 million years ago. |
| common ancestry n | (shared family history) (formal) | misma ascendencia adj + nf |
| | | ascendencia común nf + adj mf |
| | My friend and I always thought it was strange how we looked so alike until we discovered we shared a common ancestry. |
| | Mi amigo y yo pensamos siempre que era raro que nos pareciésemos tanto hasta que descubrimos que teníamos una ascendencia común. |
| common ancestry n | (species: shared descent) | antepasado común nm + adj mf |
| | Apes and humans share a common ancestry. |
| | Los simios y los humanos comparten un antepasado común. |
| common assault n | (violence against [sb]) | agresión nf |
| | | asalto con violencia loc nom m |
| common belief n | (idea: popular) | idea generalizada, creencia generalizada nf + adj mf |
| | It is a common belief that education will improve your employment prospects. |
| common belief n | (opinion: shared) | creencia compartida, idea compartida nf + adj |
| | It means a lot to both of us that, over the years, we continue to share many common beliefs. |
| | Significa mucho para ambos que durante todos estos años sigamos teniendo creencias compartidas. |
| common bond n | ([sth] shared, unifying) | tener en común loc verb |
| | My common bond with him is that we grew up in the same neighborhood. |
| | Lo que tenemos en común es el barrio en que crecimos. |
| common carriage n | (aviation: public) | transporte público interestatal grupo nom |
| common carrier n | (company providing freight service) | empresa de transporte grupo nom |
| | That company is a common carrier both in California and Nevada. |
| common cold n | (cold virus) | resfriado común loc nom m |
| | | catarro común loc nom m |
| | (AmL) | resfrío común loc nom m |
| | There's no cure for the common cold. |
| | No hay cura para el resfriado común. |
| common cost | (accounting) | gastos comunes nmpl + adj mf |
| common courtesy n | (politeness, manners) | buena educación loc nom f |
| common denominator n | (fractions: shared quantity) (matemáticas) | común denominador loc nom m |
| common denominator n | figurative (shared feature) | punto en común grupo nom |
| | Though the sisters were different in almost every way, one common denominator was their love of horses. |
| common dill n | (strongly-flavored herb) | eneldo nm |
| Note: Nombre científico: Anethum graveolens. |
| | The common dill weed is the source of both dill seed and dill weed. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Si no consigue eneldo, reemplácelo con alguna otra especia. |
| common disaster n | (law: two deaths at same time) (derecho sucesorio) | muerte simultánea loc nom f |
| | (derecho sucesorio) | comoriencia, conmoriencia nf |
| | New: La cláusula de muerte simultánea será de aplicación cuando el asegurado y el beneficiario mueran al mismo tiempo. |
| common enemy n | (shared adversary) | enemigo común nm + adj mf |
| | A traditional political move is to unite the people by creating a common enemy. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Tener un enemigo común suele unir a la gente. |
| common factor n | (mathematics: factor of 2 or more numbers) | factor común nm + adj mf |
| common factor n | (shared element) | factor común nm + adj mf |
common fraction (US),
vulgar fraction (UK) n | (mathematics) | fracción común, fracción simple loc nom f |
| | | fracción vulgar loc nom f |
| common good n | (benefit of everyone) | beneficio de todos nm + loc prep |
| | Being honest with each other is for the common good. |
| | Ser honesto con el otro es para el beneficio de todos. |
| common grackle n | (large blackbird) (tipo de mirlo) | zanate nm |
| Note: Nombre científico: Quiscalus quiscula. |
| | The common grackle is a pest at my bird feeders, but its iridescent purple head is handsome. |
| common ground n | (shared interests) | intereses comunes nmpl + adj mf |
| | | puntos comunes nmpl + adj mf |
| | We started dating because we had a lot of common ground in our likes and dislikes. |
| | Empezamos a salir porque tenemos muchos intereses comunes. |
| common informer n | mainly UK (law: [sb] who provides evidence) | denunciante de oficio grupo nom |
| common knowledge n | ([sth] that most people know) | ser sabido loc verb |
| | | ser bien conocido loc adj |
| | | saber popular nm + adj mf |
| | It was common knowledge among the staff that Bill had a drinking problem. |
| | Though Galileo was persecuted for saying this in the 17th century, it is now common knowledge that the earth orbits the sun. |
| | Era sabido entre los empleados que Bill tenía un problema con la bebida. // Aunque Galileo fue perseguido por decirlo en el siglo XVII, ahora es sabido que la tierra gira en torno al sol. |
| common land n | (law: owned by several people) | terreno comunal nm + adj |
| | | terrenos comunales nm + adj |
| common law n | (legal system: custom) | de hecho loc adv |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. No están casados, pero son pareja de hecho. |
| common logarithm n | (math: logarithm to the base 10) | logaritmo común loc nom m |
| common loon n | US (aquatic bird) (tipo de pato) | colimbo nm |
| Note: Nombre científico: Gavia immer. |
| | The common loon makes a mournful sound which echoes through the night. |
| the common man n | dated, uncountable (ordinary citizen, lay person) | ciudadano común nm + adj mf |
| | | ciudadano de a pie loc nom m |
| | | hombre común y corriente nm + loc adj |
| | The political parties are all trying to appeal to the common man. |
| | Todos los partidos políticos tratan de atraer al ciudadano común. |
| common man n | (male commoner, without title) | plebeyo nm |
| | If a common man married the daughter of a nobleman, she would lose her title. |
| | Si un plebeyo se casa con la hija de un noble, esta pierde su título. |
| common market n | (law: group of countries) | mercado común nm + adj mf |
| | COMESA is the name of the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa. |
common measure,
common meter (US),
common metre (UK),
common time n | (poetry, verse: iambic meter) | métrica yámbica clásica nf + adj |
| | Los himnos para Vísperas y para Laudes suelen ser de estrofas de cuatro versos de métrica yámbica clásica. |
common noun,
common name n | (generic name) | nombre común nm + adj mf |
| common opinion n | (general belief, consensus view) | opinión generalizada nf + adj |
| | La opinión generalizada es que este tipo de proyectos no son convenientes. |
common or garden,
common-or-garden adj | UK, figurative, informal (ordinary) | común y silvestre loc adj |
| | | común y corriente loc adj |
| common ownership n | (owning [sth] jointly) | propiedad mancomunada loc nom f |
| | The condominium owners have common ownership of the public areas. |
| common pandora n | (fish: Pagellus erythrinus) | breca nf |
| | | breque nm |
| common people npl | (ordinary folk) | gente común y corriente expr |
| | | gente corriente nf + adj mf |
| | | gente común nf + adj mf |
| | They don't stand out for any particular reason; they're just common people. |
| | No tienen nada de particular, son gente común y corriente. |
| the common people npl | (working classes) | trabajadores nmpl |
| | "God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them." - Abraham Lincoln |
| | Dios debe haber amado a los trabajadores porque hizo muchos. A. Lincoln. |
| common phrase n | (much-used expression) | expresiones habituales nfpl + adj |
| | It takes awhile to learn the common phrases in a foreign language. |
| | Aprender las expresiones habituales de un idioma extranjero lleva mucho tiempo. |
| common practice n | ([sth] customary, [sth] often done) | lo habitual, lo común nm |
| | | costumbre nf |
| | It is common practice to speak softly in a library. |
| | It's common practice to shake hands in business affairs. |
| | En una biblioteca lo habitual es hablar en voz baja. |
| | En una biblioteca la costumbre es hablar en voz baja. |
| common property n | (belonging to community members) | propiedad compartida nf + adj |
| common property n | ([sth] widely known) | vox populi expr |
| common ratio | (mathematics) | razón común nf + adj |
| common room n | (recreation area for students, etc.) | sala común, aula común nf + adj mf |
| common salt | (ordinary salt) | sal común nm + adj mf |
| common saying n | (much-used expression or proverb) | refrán, dicho nm |
| | When I use a common saying it's folk wisdom, and when you use it, it's called a cliché. |
| common sense n | (practical thinking) | sentido común loc nom m |
| | | sensatez, cordura nf |
| | He's an educated man, but he doesn't have much common sense. |
| | Es un hombre culto, pero no tiene mucho sentido común. |
| common source n | (reason: frequent) | fuente habitual nf + adj mf |
| | Poorly built homes are a common source of law suits. |
| | The Internet is now a common source of information. |
| common source n | (origin: shared) (figurado) | tronco común nm + adj |
| | All Indo-European languages are thought to come from a common source. |
| common stock n | (animal: not purebred) (veterinario) | mestizo nm |
| | Breeding the common stock with purebreds improves the quality of the herd. |
| | Reproducir a los mestizos con los pura raza mejora la calidad del rebaño. |
| common stock n | pejorative (person: working class) (ofensivo) | populacho nm |
| | They're not in our class, dear. They come from common stock. |
| | No son de nuestra clase, querida. Son populacho. |
| common stock n | (finance: share) | acciones comunes, acciones ordinarias nfpl + adj |
| | The company issues two classes of equity: common stock and preferred stock. |
| | La empresa emitió dos tipos de participaciones: acciones comunes y acciones preferenciales. |
| common term n | (everyday word for [sth]) | palabra común nf + adj |
| | (coloquial) | palabra de todos los días grupo nom |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Evitá los términos rebuscados, usá palabras comunes. |
| common term n | (mathematics: shared item) | término semejante loc nom m |
| common thief n | (law: repeat convict) | ladrón reincidente, ladrona reciente nm, nf + adj |
| | | ladrón habitual, ladrona habitual nm, nf + adj |
| common thread n | figurative ([sth] consistent or shared) | denominador común loc nom m |
| | Estas tres historias son muy distintas pero tienen un denominador común, ¿puedes descubrir cuál es ese rasgo? |
| common touch n | (affinity with ordinary people) | don de gentes loc nom m |
| | Es mejor que vayas a hablar tú con ellos, tienes más don de gentes y paciencia que yo. |
| common understanding n | (mutual agreement) | acuerdo mutuo nm |
| | We have reached a common understanding. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Tenemos un acuerdo mutuo, en este tipo de encuentros está prohibido hablar de política. |
| common understanding n | (usual interpretation (of [sth])) | consenso nm |
| | The common understanding of the word "silent" is no noise whatsoever. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Sobre este punto no existe todavía consenso entre los investigadores. |
| common woman n | (female commoner, without title) | plebeya nf |
| common-law n as adj | (marriage, partner: informal) (esposo, esposa, pareja) | de derecho consuetudinario loc adj |
| | (equivalente) | de hecho, en unión libre loc adj |
| Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones. |
| common-law husband n | (man in informal marriage) | esposo de derecho consuetudinario nm + loc adj |
| | (equivalente) | esposo en unión libre nm + loc adj |
| Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones. |
| common-law marriage n | (partnership: not formalized) | unión de derecho consuetudinario nf + loc adj |
| | (equivalente) | unión de hecho nf + loc adj |
| | (equivalente) | unión libre nf + adj mf |
| Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones. |
| | When a common-law marriage exists, the spouses receive the same legal treatment given to legally married couples. |
| common-law wife n | (woman in informal marriage) | esposa de derecho consuetudinario nf + loc adj |
| | (equivalente) | esposa en unión libre nf + loc adj |
| Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones. |
| | John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. |
| garden-variety adj | US, figurative (common, unexceptional) | común y silvestre loc adj |
| | | común y corriente loc adj |