influencia

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influencia
feminine noun
1 influence (poder)
  • tuvo gran influencia sobre el resultado de las elecciones -> it had a considerable influence on the result of the election, it heavily influenced the result of the election
  • bajo la influencia de la anestesia -> under (the influence of) the anesomethingetic
also:
  • influencias -> contacts, pull (contactos)
  • consiguió ese puesto por influencias -> she got that job through knowing the right people

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influencia [in-floo-en'-the-ah]
noun
1 Influence, the power of the celestial bodies upon terrestrial bodies and affairs. (Antique) (f)
2 Influence, influx, influencing, credit, consequence, holding ascendent power, power of directing or satisfying. (Metaphorical) (f)
  • Bajo la influencia de -> under the influence of
3 Inspiration of divine grace. (Metaphorical) (f)

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influencia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (influjo) influence
Cervantes ejerció gran influencia en su poesía Cervantes had a great influence on his poetry; sus pinturas tienen influencia modernista his pictures show a modernist influence; la tele tiene influencia negativa sobre mis hijos telly has is a bad influence on my children;o ya no tiene influencia dentro del gobierno he now has no influence in the government; tiene influencia con el jefe she has influence with the boss; actuó bajo la influencia de las drogas he acted under the influence of drugs
2 influencias (contactos) contacts
siempre se vale de sus influencias he always uses his contacts
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