1 (essential quality) [of things] naturaleza; (f) the nature and extent of the damage is still not known aún se desconoce la naturaleza y el alcance de los daños
Mr Sharp would not comment on the nature of the issues being investigated the ambitious nature of the programme the special nature of the relationship between social worker and client
the project is experimental in naturein el proyecto es de carácter experimental the rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature the nature of birds is to fly, it is in [the] nature of birds to fly [in] the nature of
his comment was in the nature of a compliment su comentario fue algo así como un cumplido
there is a movement towards something in the nature of a pluralistic system it was in the nature of a debate rather than an argument
in the nature of things it's impossible desde el punto de vista lógico es imposible
many have died and, [in] the nature [of] things, many more will die such an effort could not, in the nature of things, be kept up for very long
we were unaware of the serious nature of his illnessserious ignorábamos que su enfermedad fuera tan grave
the true nature of his intentionstrue sus verdaderas intenciones
by its very naturevery por su propia naturaleza cash is, by its very nature, easy to steal peacekeeping, by its nature, makes pre-planning difficult one could argue that smoking, by its very nature, is addictive
2 (character) [of person] carácter; (m) she trusted people, that was her nature se fiaba de la gente, era así por naturaleza
he has a nice nature
to appeal to sb's better naturebetter apelar al buen corazón de algn trying to shame me into staying, eh? - trying to appeal to my better nature? she tried to tie him down, sometimes by appealing to his better nature,sometimes by crass emotional blackmail to pin one's faith in appealing to the man's better nature was an act of folly
to be cautious by natureby ser cauteloso por naturaleza he was by nature affectionate
she took all their teasing with good naturegood aceptó todas sus burlas de buen grado to take advantage of sb's good nature abusar de la amabilidad de algn
I was very dependent on her good nature he acceded to their extraordinary request with surprising good nature I recently took advantage of your good nature and cheated you out of £2,000 this attracted a steady stream of unhappy souls needful of unloading their miseries, who selfishly took advantage of her good nature
it is not in his nature to liein mentir no es propio de él that's very much in his nature
3 (kind, type) something of that nature algo por el estilo; documents of a technical nature documentos de carácter técnico; (m)
of this/that nature jewellery, ornaments and things of that nature offences of this nature will be severely punished ceremonies of a religious/solemn nature disagreements of a political nature
nature of contents (Comm) descripción del contenido; (f)
4 (natural life, environment) naturaleza; (f) a keen student of nature the ecological balance of nature the Princeton Education Center offers outdoor experience to discover the world of nature now they are living in the wild again, as nature intended
it's against natureagainst es antinatural; es contrario a la naturaleza
the beauties of naturebeauties las maravillas de la naturaleza a [freak] of nature the occurrence of a huge inland salt lake seemed to be a freak of nature without a car in the US you feel like a freak of nature the Faux de Verzy is a freak of nature, a forest of weird, stunted beech trees, some of which are 500 years old
to draw/paint from naturefrom dibujar/pintar del natural vitamin C is found [in] nature grasses that grow wild in nature nature vs [nurture] this challenges accepted stereotypes by uniting the antitheses of nature and nurture throughout the biological sciences what is sometimes called the "nature-nurture" debate has long been a bone of contention
to get back to natureget [+person] volver a la naturaleza she was very anxious to get away from cities and back to nature getting back to nature doesn't have to mean roughing it
the laws of naturelaws las leyes de la naturaleza there are no laws of nature which say that only sheep can produce wool weight gain is one of the laws of nature - you just can't break those laws
to return to naturereturn [+area] volver a su estado natural we can't afford to build a barbed wire fence around our forest and let it return to nature
fever is nature's way of fighting infectionway la fiebre es el mecanismo natural para combatir la infección in a [state] of nature the liberty of the individual in the state of nature is absolute and unconstrained the transition from the state of nature to political or civil society we were having a wonderful swim in a state of nature when, on looking up, we found that the entire female population was lining the banks to let nature [take its course] is it best to cull the herd or let large numbers starve? - or should we just let nature take its course? with pneumonia, surely sometimes it is better to let nature take its course than administer antibiotics we would put the plant outside for the summer, and if it still didn't do anything, we would leave it there and let nature take its course to answer the [call] of nature I'm afraid I have to answer the call of nature excuse me, nature calls
