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aspect

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aspecto
masculine noun
1appearance (apariencia)
  • tener buen aspecto -> to look well; (persona) to look nice (comida)
  • tiene mal aspecto -> he doesn't look well; (persona) it doesn't look very nice (comida)
  • tenía aspecto de vagabundo -> he looked like a tramp
2aspect (faceta)
  • bajo este aspecto -> from this angle
  • en todos los aspectos -> in every respect

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aspecto [as-pec’-to]
noun
1Sight, appearance; un hombre de aspecto feroz, a man with a fierce look, appearance. (m)
2Look, aspect, countenance. (m)
3Situation or position of a building with reference to the cardinal points; outlook. (Architecture) (m)
4(Astr.) Relative position of stars and planets. (m)
  • A primer aspect -> or al primer aspecto, at first sight
  • Tener buen o mal aspecto -> to have a good or bad aspect; to be in a good or bad state

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aspecto
sustantivo:masculino
1 (apariencia) look
no lo conozco, pero no me gusta su aspecto I don't know him, but I don't like the look of him; un señor con aspecto de ejecutivo a man who looks/looked like an executive; un hombre de aspecto saludable a healthy-looking man; tener aspecto simpático to look friendly; ¿qué aspecto tenía? what did he look like?; el debate iba tomando un aspecto desagradable the discussion was starting to turn ugly
tener buen aspectobuen to look well
tener mal aspectomal
Juan tiene muy mal aspecto Juan isn't looking good well at all;o esa herida tiene mal aspecto that wound looks nasty
aspecto exterior outward appearance
2 (punto) aspect
los aspectos a tener en cuenta para el análisis aspects to bear in mind when analysing the problem; estudiar todos los aspectos de una cuestión to study all aspects of an issue
en ese aspecto te doy la razón
en algunos aspectos me parece una obra genial in some respects I think it is a work of genius; el aspecto más destacado de la teoría the strong(est) point of the theory; bajo ese aspecto from that point of view
3 (Geografía) aspect
4 (Archit) aspect
5 (Lingüística) aspect
6
al primer aspecto (anticuado) at first sight

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