acquaintance

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acquaintance
[əˈkweɪntəns]
sustantivo
1conocido(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (person)
2relación (f) (familiarity) (with person); conocimiento (m) (with facts)(with de)
  • to make somebody's acquaintance -> conocer a alguien

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acquaintance [a-kuéin-tans]
sustantivo
1Conocimiento, familiaridad.
  • I have no acquaintance with him -> no tengo trato con él
2Conocido, la persona que tiene trato con otra, sin que llegue a verdadera amistad.
  • He is an old acquaintance of mine -> es antiguo conocido mío
3Inteligencia, conocimiento.
  • Further acquaintance -> mayor conocimiento
4Relaciones, amistades.
  • A wide acquaintance -> muchas relaciones

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acquaintance [əˈkweɪntəns] ?
noun
1 (with person) relación; (f) (with subject etc) conocimiento; (m)
to make sb's acquaintance conocer a algn; I am very glad to make your acquaintance tengo mucho gusto en conocerlo; a plumber of my acquaintance un fontanero que conozco; I don't have the honour of her acquaintance no tengo el honor de conocerla; it improves on acquaintance mejora a medida que lo vas conociendo; on closer further acquaintance it seems less attractiveor al conocerlo mejor tiene menos atracción; to renew (one's) acquaintance with sb reanudar la amistad con algn
the fair is an opportunity to renew acquaintance with existing customers what a pleasure it had been to renew this old acquaintance last night, Martina Navratilova renewed acquaintance with the strip of turf known as Centre Court
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2 (person) conocidoaconocida;a conocida (m) (f)
an acquaintance of mine un conocido mío; we're just acquaintances nos conocemos ligeramente nada más; we're old acquaintances nos conocemos desde hace tiempo; to have a wide circle of acquaintances conocer a muchas personas

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