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herència — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • heredity noun The passing of physical or genetic traits from parents to their children.
  • inheritance noun Money, property, or possessions passed to someone after a person's death.

Senses

herència is used for these senses in English:

  • heredity Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
  • inheritance (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).

inheritance — full definition

  1. noun Money, property, or possessions passed to someone after a person's death.
  2. noun A trait passed down biologically from parent to offspring.