| Principal Translations |
| sensitive adj | (skin: delicate) | sensible adj mf |
| | My neck is sensitive and gets irritated easily. |
| | Mi cuello es sensible y se irrita fácilmente. |
| sensitive adj | ([sb]: easily upset) | sensible adj mf |
| | | susceptible adj mf |
| | Don't be too mean to her. She is sensitive. |
| | No seas demasiado malo con ella. Es una persona sensible. |
| sensitive adj | (responsive to agents) | sensible adj mf |
| | A life-long asthmatic, he is sensitive to smoke. |
| | Como siempre ha sido asmático, es sensible al humo. |
| sensitive (to [sth]) adj | (instrument: detects small changes) | sensible adj mf |
| | The sensitive instruments record small changes in temperature. |
| | Los instrumentos sensibles registran leves cambios en la temperatura. |
| sensitive adj | figurative (subject: delicate) | delicado/a adj |
| | Her divorce is still a sensitive subject, so please be careful what you say. |
| | Su divorcio es todavía un tema muy delicado, así que ten cuidado con lo que dices, por favor. |
| sensitive adj | figurative (information: classified) | confidencial adj mf |
| | This is sensitive information, so be careful whom you tell. |
| | Esta es información confidencial, así que no la comparta con cualquiera. |
Compound Forms:
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case-sensitive,
case sensitive adj | (recognises small and capital letters) (que las distingue) | sensible a mayúsculas y minúsculas loc adj |
| Note: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | CAPTCHA text recognition tests are often case-sensitive. |
| | Most computer or network passwords are case sensitive. |
| | Los textos de reconocimiento de CAPTCHA en general son sensibles a mayúsculas y minúsculas. // La mayoría de las contraseñas de ordenador o de red son sensibles a mayúsculas y minúsculas. |
frost sensitive,
frost-sensitive adj | (plant: susceptible to frost damage) | sensible al frío loc adj |
| Note: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| heat-sensitive adj | (responding to heat) | sensible al calor loc adj |
nonsensitive,
non-sensitive adj | (information: not confidential) | no confidencial loc adj |
over sensitive,
over-sensitive adj | (reacting too personally) | susceptible adj mf |
| Note: hyphen used when adj comes before the noun it modifies |
| | Don't be so over-sensitive - I was only joking! |
| | ¡No seas tan susceptible! Solamente estaba bromeando. |
| | | hipersensible adj mf |
| | ¡No seas tan hipersensible! Solamente estaba bromeando. |
| politically sensitive adj | (needing diplomacy) | políticamente delicado loc adj |
| | The subject of human rights is politically sensitive in that country. |
| sensitive area n | figurative (emotive topic) (emocional) | área sensible nf + adj |
| | My mum no longer asks me about boyfriends because she knows it's a sensitive area. |
| | Mi madre ya no me pregunta por mis novios porque sabe que esa es un área delicada. |
| | | tema delicado nm + adj |
| | Mi madre ya no me pregunta por mis novios porque sabe que ese es un tema delicado. |
| | (figurado) | punto álgido nm + adj |
| | Mi madre ya no me pregunta por mis novios porque sabe que ese es un punto álgido. |
| sensitive area n | (area of body easily affected by stimuli) | zona sensible nf + adj |
| | The tips of the fingers are the most sensitive area of the human body. |
| | Las yemas de los dedos son la zona más sensible del cuerpo humano. |
| | | área sensible nf + adj |
| | Las yemas de los dedos son el área más sensible del cuerpo humano. |
| | | zona de gran sensibilidad nf + loc adj |
| | Las yemas de los dedos son una zona de gran sensibilidad del cuerpo humano. |
| sensitive data n | (confidential information) | datos confidenciales nmpl |
| | This document contains sensitive data. |
sensitive plant,
humble plant n | (plant) | mimosa sensitiva loc nom f |
| | | mimosa pudica loc nom f |
| sensitive to prep | (easily affected by) | sensible a adj mf + prep |
| | | vulnerable a adj mf + prep |
| | Be gentle with her - she's rather sensitive to criticism about her cooking. |
| | He is extremely sensitive to light. |
| | Ten delicadeza con ella, es muy sensible a las críticas sobre su forma de cocinar. |
| sensitive to prep | (receptive to) | sensible a adj + prep |
| | She'd make a great kindergarten teacher because she's so sensitive to the needs of others. |
| | Sería una gran maestra jardinera porque es muy sensible a las necesidades de los demás. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (quick to feel cold) | sensible al frío loc adj |
| | (AmL, informal) | friolento/a adj |
| | (ES, informal) | friolero/a adj |
| | Alessandro is very sensitive to the cold so he always wears a pullover. |
| | Alessandro es muy sensible al frío y siempre usa un suéter. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (affected by the cold) | sensible al frío loc adj |
| | Those plants are sensitive to the cold: you should take them inside when it gets chilly. |
| | Estas plantas son muy sensibles al frío, debes meterlas en casa cuando refresque. |
| sensitive trade data n | (confidential business information) | información de negocios confidencial grupo nom |
| | Access to sensitive trade data is limited to certain employees only. |
time sensitive,
time-sensitive adj | (urgent, critical) | imperioso/a adj |
| | Time-sensitive treatment is needed for heart attacks. |
| | | urgente adj |
| touch-sensitive adj | (device: responds to touch) | táctil adj mf |
| | | sensible al tacto loc adj |