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aumento
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aumento(
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
1. (increment)
a. increase
La inflación experimentó un ligero aumento en mayo.Inflation saw a slight increase in May.
b. rise
No se descarta un aumento de los tipos de interés el año que viene.A rise in interest rates next year cannot be ruled out.
c. gain
Todos la critican por su aumento de peso.Everyone is criticizing her for her weight gain.
2. (in pay)
a. raise
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
El director me ofreció un aumento para que no fuera a trabajar en otra empresa.The director offered me a raise so I wouldn't go work in another company.
b. rise (United Kingdom)
Los enfermeros piden un aumento salarial.Nurses are demanding a pay rise.
3. (optics)
a. magnification
La lupa es de 30 aumentos.The magnifier has a magnification of 30.
4. (photography)
a. enlargement
Pedí un aumento de la mejor foto de nuestra boda.I ordered an enlargement of the best photo from our wedding.
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aumento
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (de temperatura, gastos, tensión)
a. increase, rise
2. (de velocidad)
a. increase
un aumento del 10 por cientoa 10 percent increase
un aumento de los preciosa price rise
las temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumentotemperatures will rise slightly
ir en aumentoto be on the increase
aumento linealacross-the-board pay rise
aumento de sueldopay rise
3. (en óptica)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
una lente de 20 aumentosa lens of magnification x 20
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aumento
1 [de tamaño] increase; (Fotografía) enlargement; (Óptica) magnification
un aumento del tamaño de sus cuadros
2 [de cantidad, producción, velocidad, intensidad] increase; [de precio] increase; rise
un aumento del número de turistas an increase in the number of tourists; se registró un aumento de temperatura an increase o rise in temperature was recorded; un aumento del calor a rise in temperature
aumento de la tensión política un aumento de la popularidad del ministro
aumento de peso (en objeto) increase in weight; (en persona) weight gain
aumento de población population increase
aumento de precio rise in price
aumento de sueldo aumento salarial (pay) rise
3 (Electricidad y Eléctronica) (Rad) amplification
4
ir en aumento to be on the increase
5 (Óptica) magnification
una lente de 30 aumentos a lens of 30x magnification; unas gafas de mucho aumento glasses with very strong lenses
6 (México) (posdata) postscript
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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