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relación — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acquaintance noun A person you know slightly, but who is not a close friend.
  • list noun A series of names, items, or numbers written or said one after another.
  • ratio noun A comparison between two amounts, showing how many times one contains the other.
  • relation noun The way in which two or more things are connected or associated with each other.
  • relationship noun The way two or more people or things are connected, or the connection itself.
  • sex noun The biological category — male or female — based on reproductive roles.

Senses

relación is used for these senses in English:

  • acquaintance (uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]
  • list A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600]
  • ratio A number representing a comparison between two named things.
  • ratio (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
  • relation (often collocated: sexual relation, often, in the plural) The act of intercourse.
  • relationship Connection or association; the condition of being related.
  • relationship A romantic or sexual involvement.
  • sex (uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]

acquaintance — full definition

  1. noun A person you know slightly, but who is not a close friend.
  2. noun A slight or general knowledge of something.

list — full definition

  1. noun A series of names, items, or numbers written or said one after another.
  2. verb To write or name a series of items one after another.
  3. noun A narrow strip or border, especially the edge of a piece of cloth.
  4. verb (of a ship) To lean over to one side.

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