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fingerprint in Spanish

fingerprint in Spanish is huella dactilar, huella digital, tomarle las huellas dactilares — fingerprint means the unique pattern of ridges on a fingertip, or the mark it leaves on a surface.

fingerprint in Spanish

huella dactilar
noun
huella digital
noun
huella digital
noun
(cryptography) A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
tomarle las huellas dactilares
verb
(transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints.

What does "fingerprint" mean?

  1. noun The unique pattern of ridges on a fingertip, or the mark it leaves on a surface.
    "Police lifted a fingerprint from the doorknob."
  2. noun A distinctive combination of features that identifies something, used more broadly than just for fingers.
    "The malware left a digital fingerprint that investigators traced."
  3. verb To record someone's fingerprints, or to uniquely identify something by its distinctive traits.
    "Visitors to the facility are fingerprinted at the entrance."
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fingerprint in a sentence

  • Police lifted a fingerprint from the doorknob.
  • No two people share the same fingerprint.
  • The malware left a digital fingerprint that investigators traced.
  • Visitors to the facility are fingerprinted at the entrance.

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What is "fingerprint" in Spanish?

"fingerprint" in Spanish is huella dactilar, huella digital, tomarle las huellas dactilares. fingerprint means: The unique pattern of ridges on a fingertip, or the mark it leaves on a surface.

How do you use "fingerprint" in a sentence?

Example: "Police lifted a fingerprint from the doorknob." In Spanish, "fingerprint" is huella dactilar, huella digital, tomarle las huellas dactilares.

Are there other ways to say "fingerprint" in Spanish?

Yes — Spanish has 3 translations listed for "fingerprint": huella dactilar, huella digital, tomarle las huellas dactilares.

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