also (Sci) principio; (m) the basic principles of physics los principios básicos de física
he has no principles all these machines work on the same principle homoeopathy is based on the principle of "like cures like" I try to live according to up to my principles he was torn between principle and expediency a violation of the basic principles of Marxism the doctrine was based on three fundamental principles these people lack all understanding of scientific principles the principles of quantum theory she abandoned her principles he said he was willing to accept the principle of one man, one vote
the principle that ... el principio según el cual ...
they have to accept the principle that development requires investment we need to return to the principle that if a person works, they are out of poverty air conditioners exploit the principle that water vapour condenses out of air
to lay it down as a principle that ... sentar el principio de que ...
it is it goes against my principlesoragainst va (en) contra (de) mis principios Buck never allowed himself to be bullied into doing anything that went against his principles I knew it was immoral and against my principles but I needed the money
to go back to first principlesfirst volver a los principios (fundamentales) to argue from first principles construir un argumento sobre los principios (fundamentales)
to have high principleshigh tener principios nobles the prince's own high principles would make it extremely unlikely that he would accept the throne if he was divorced you have maintained your high principles and refused to take the line of least resistance
in principlein en principio to reach an agreement in principle llegar a un acuerdo de principio en principio;or
/I agree with it in principle/ but I doubt if it will happen in practice the plans have been approved in principle they have approved in principle a major reform programme in principle he was quite right even assuming this to be in principle possible, it will not be achieved soon the kind of thing I was doing was, in principle, applicable to great numbers of tests I wish to know if you agree in principle to the idea we are willing, in principle, to look affresh at the 1921 constitution in principle I can see the point of taxation
I make it a principle never to lend moneymake tengo por norma no prestar nunca dinero; yo, por principio, nunca presto dinero
as a matter of principlematter por principio he seemed to reject his parents as a matter of principle many republicans had always distrusted the naval officer corps as a matter of principle
it's a matter of principle es cuestión de principios
in the end we have to keep fighting, it's a matter of principle it's not just a matter of principle
a man/woman of (high) principlesof un hombre/una mujer de principios (nobles) she's a woman of principle - she stood for what she believes Lord Callaghan said: "he was a man of the highest principles
on principleon por principio; por una cuestión de principios she refused, on principle, to do it he would vote against it on principle
it's the principle of the thingthing es cuestión de principios I have not accepted any money - it's the principle of the thing, you know
