balanza

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balanza
feminine noun
1scales (báscula)
  • balanza de cocina -> kitchen scales
  • balanza de precisión -> precision balance
  • la balanza se inclinó a nuestro favor -> the balance o scales tipped in our favor
2(finance)
  • balanza comercial/de pagos -> balance of trade/payments

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balanza [bah-laan'-thah]
noun
1Scale. (f)
  • Balanza de presión -> precision balance
2Balance, a pair of scales. (f)
3A kind of fishing-net. (f)
4Comparative estimate, judgment. (Metaphorical) (f)
  • Fiel de balanza de la romana -> needle of the balance
  • Fiel de balanza -> (in the mints) the weigh-master
  • Andar en balanza -> (Met.) to be in danger of losing one's property or place
5Gallows, in cant. (f)

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balanza
sustantivo:femenino
1 (instrumento) scales; (p) (Química) balance
estar en la balanza to be in the balance
balanza de cocina kitchen scales; (p)
balanza de cruz grocer's scales; (p)
balanza de laboratorio precision scales; (p)
balanza de muelle spring balance
balanza de precisión precision scales; (p)
balanza romana steelyard
2 (Com) (Política) balance
balanza comercial balanza de pagos balance of payments
balanza de poder balanza política balance of power
balanza por cuenta corriente balance on current account
3 (formal) (sensatez) judgment

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