la diferencia. 'la diferencia'. This feminine noun means 'difference'. For example, 'Sabés la diferencia entre el contador y el matemático?' / 'Do you know the difference between the counter and the mathematician?'. La diferencia.
diferencia
feminine noun
1.
difference
(disimilitud)
- el problema de esa pareja es la diferencia de edad -> that couple's problem is the difference in their ages
- a diferencia de -> unlike
- establecer o hacer una diferencia entre -> to make a distinction between
- el mejor/peor con diferencia -> by far the best/worst
2.
difference
(desacuerdo)
- tuvieron sus diferencias -> they had their differences
- limar diferencias -> to settle one's differences
3.
difference
(en suma, resta)
- tendremos que pagar la diferencia -> we'll have to pay the difference
- diferencia horaria -> time difference
- diferencia salarial -> wage differential
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diferencia [defay-ren’-the-ah]
noun
1.
Difference. (f)
2.
Dissimilarity, dissimilitude. (f)
3.
Controversy, contrariety, mutual opposition. (f)
- A diferencia -> with the difference
- Diferencia de edades -> difference in ages
- Hacer diferencia entre -> to make a distinction between
- Partir la diferencia -> to split the difference
diferencia
1 (distinción) difference
no veo diferencia entre el original y la copia I can't see any difference between the original and the copy
va mucha diferencia entre este libro y el anterior there's a world of difference between this book and the previous one
no debes hacer diferencias entre tus hijos you shouldn't discriminate between your children
a diferencia de unlike
a diferencia de sus hermanas, ella es bajita unlike her sisters, she's quite short
con diferencia by far
Rosa es, con diferencia, la más guapa Rosa is by far the prettiest; Rosa is the prettiest by a long way
diferencia salarial (Com) wage differential; pay differential
2 (intervalo) difference; gap
hay una diferencia de edad de diez años entre ellos there's an age difference o age gap of ten years between them; there's ten years' difference in age between them
llegaron con una diferencia de diez minutos they arrived ten minutes apart
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