account

cuenta, cuenta bancaria

Acuerdo con un banco o empresa que permite guardar dinero o utilizar sus servicios.

En inglés sencillo: An arrangement with a bank or company that lets you keep money or use its services.

• I opened a bank account.
• How much money is in your account?
• We closed our account with that company.

Cómo se usa: an account with something (She has an account with the local bank.)

Expresiones frecuentes: bank account, open an account, savings account

cuentas, registros contables

Documentos que muestran el dinero que recibe y gasta una persona o empresa.

En inglés sencillo: Written information showing money a person or business receives and spends.

• The accounts show all our expenses.
• An accountant checks the company accounts each year.
• She found a mistake in last month’s accounts.

Sinónimos: books, financial records

Expresiones frecuentes: company account, annual account, check an account, file an account

relato, descripción

Descripción oral o escrita de lo que ocurrió.

En inglés sencillo: A spoken or written description of what happened.

• He gave a clear account of the trip.
• Their accounts of the meeting were very different.
• We read a survivor’s account of the storm.

Cómo se usa: an account of something (She gave an account of the accident.)

Sinónimos: description, report, narrative

Expresiones frecuentes: give an account, detailed account, eyewitness account

consideración

Se usa en expresiones que indican tener algo en cuenta al tomar una decisión.

En inglés sencillo: Used in expressions about considering something when making a decision.

• Please take the cost into account.
• We took account of everyone’s views.
• Did you take the travel time into account?

Cómo se usa: take something into account (We must take your needs into account.); take account of something (The plan takes account of the weather.)

Sinónimos: consideration

Expresiones frecuentes: take into account, take account of

explicación

Explicación de por qué ocurrió algo o por qué alguien actuó de cierta manera.

En inglés sencillo: An explanation of why something happened or why someone acted in a certain way.

• We need an account of why this happened.
• Her theory gives a convincing account of the changes.
• No satisfactory account of his decision has been offered.

Cómo se usa: an account of something (The theory offers an account of how these changes happened.)

Sinónimos: explanation

Expresiones frecuentes: satisfactory account, convincing account, account of something

representar, constituir

Representar una parte o cantidad del total; suele usarse como «account for».

En inglés sencillo: To form a particular part or amount of a total.

• Rent accounts for half my income.
• Online orders accounted for most sales last year.
• How much of the budget does transport account for?

Cómo se usa: account for an amount/share of something (Food costs account for a quarter of our spending.)

Sinónimos: make up, constitute, represent

Expresiones frecuentes: account for half, account for something

explicar

Explicar por qué ocurre algo o por qué es cierto; suele usarse como «account for».

En inglés sencillo: To explain why something happens or is true.

• The rain accounts for the empty streets.
• His illness accounted for his absence.
• Can this theory account for the different results?

Cómo se usa: account for something (Heavy traffic accounts for the delay.)

Sinónimos: explain

Expresiones frecuentes: account for something, account for differences

rendir cuentas de, justificar

Mostrar cómo se ha gastado o administrado el dinero recibido.

En inglés sencillo: To show how money received has been spent or managed.

• You must account for the missing money.
• She accounted for every penny she received.
• The officer accounts to the treasurer for all expenses.

Cómo se usa: account for money/funds (You must account for every payment.); account to someone for something (The manager must account to the board for the funds spent.)

Sinónimos: justify, give an accounting of

Expresiones frecuentes: account for funds, account to someone