incidentals

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A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
plural noun
a. los imprevistos
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
My employers pay travel expenses, plus an allowance for incidentals like entertaining.Mi empleador paga mis viáticos, además de una asignación para imprevistos como recibir a los clientes.
b. los gastos imprevistos
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
It's all the incidentals that make the cost of a vacation mount up.Son todos los gastos imprevistos lo que hace subir el costo de una vacación.
incidental
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. secundario
One of the incidental consequences of his illness was that he lost a lot of weight.Una de las consecuencias secundarias de su enfermedad fue que perdió mucho peso.
b. adicional
Changing my working hours had the incidental advantage of making travel to work cheaper.El cambiar mi horario de trabajo tuvo la ventaja adicional de hacer más baratos los viajes a la oficina.
a. incidental
When you look at what the project as a whole has achieved, the cost is incidental.Cuando consideras de manera global lo que ha logrado el proyecto, el costo es incidental.
b. secundario
The kayaking vacations are really incidental to our main area of business.Las vacaciones en kayak en realidad son secundarias respecto de nuestra área principal de actividad.
a. inherente a
The long hours and capricious weather are incidental to the life of a farmer.Las largas horas de trabajo y el tiempo variable son inherentes a la vida del agricultor.
b.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
As a sports participant, you assume all risks incidental to the sport which are obvious.Al participar en un deporte, se asumen todos los riesgos obvios que acarrea ese deporte.
We have to take into account the costs incidental to maintaining such a large military presence in the area.Hay que tener en cuenta los costos que conlleva el mantener una presencia militar tan grande en la zona.
a. fortuito
The company will not be liable for any incidental loss or inconvenience suffered as the result of a canceled journey.La empresa no se responsabilizará de ninguna perdida o inconveniencia ocasionada como resultado de un viaje cancelado.
b. casual
The discovery of this new star was purely incidental.El descubrimiento de esta nueva estrella fue meramente casual.
c. imprevisto
I always leave some extra money for incidental expenses.Simpre dejo dinero extra para gastos imprevistos.
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