associate

asociar, relacionar

Pensar que dos personas o cosas están relacionadas.

En inglés sencillo: To think of two people or things as connected with each other.

• I associate summer with the beach.
• She associated that smell with her grandmother's kitchen.
• What do you associate with this picture?

Cómo se usa: associate someone/something with someone/something (I associate that song with my childhood.); be associated with something (The brand is associated with quality.)

Sinónimos: connect, link

Antónimos: dissociate

Expresiones frecuentes: associate something with, associate someone with

relacionarse, tratarse

Pasar tiempo con alguien y mantener una relación social.

En inglés sencillo: To spend time with someone socially.

• He associates with some of my friends.
• Her parents worried about the people she associated with.
• I avoid associating with anyone who treats others badly.

Cómo se usa: associate with someone (She prefers to associate with people who share her interests.)

Sinónimos: mix, socialize, keep company

Expresiones frecuentes: associate with someone, associate with friends

asociarse, vincularse

Unirse a una persona o grupo, o mostrar públicamente su vínculo con una actividad o causa.

En inglés sencillo: To join another person or group, or publicly connect yourself with an activity or cause.

• They associated to form a new business.
• She associated herself with the environmental movement.
• He refused to associate his name with the project.

Cómo se usa: associate oneself with someone/something (She associated herself with the campaign for better housing.); associate someone's name with something (He associated his name with several local charities.)

Sinónimos: join, ally, align

Antónimos: dissociate

Expresiones frecuentes: associate oneself with, associate with someone, associate someone's name

unir, combinar

Juntar cosas o combinarlas para formar un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: To join things together or combine them into a group.

• These molecules associate with one another.
• The treatment associated the particles into larger groups.
• Heat helps the smaller units associate.

Cómo se usa: associate A with B (The process associates metal particles with other substances.)

Sinónimos: combine, join, unite

Antónimos: separate

Expresiones frecuentes: associate with something, associate particles

asociado, adjunto

Que trabaja junto a alguien de mayor rango y tiene una categoría inferior o menos autoridad.

En inglés sencillo: Working alongside a more senior person, with a lower rank or less authority.

• She is an associate editor.
• He became an associate professor last year.
• The associate director reports to the director.

Expresiones frecuentes: associate professor, associate editor, associate director, associate producer

asociado, adherente

Que tiene algunos derechos de un miembro pleno, pero no todos.

En inglés sencillo: Having some, but not all, of the rights of a full member.

• He is an associate member of the club.
• Associate membership costs less than full membership.
• Associate members cannot vote in this election.

Antónimos: full

Expresiones frecuentes: associate member, associate membership, associate status

socio, colega

Persona con la que se trabaja o se hacen negocios.

En inglés sencillo: Someone you work with or do business with.

• I met a business associate for lunch.
• His associates helped him start the company.
• She introduced me to an associate who handles sales.

Cómo se usa: an associate of someone (She is a business associate of my father.)

Sinónimos: colleague, business partner, coworker

Expresiones frecuentes: business associate, close associate, former associate, trusted associate

asociado

Miembro o profesional con un rango inferior o menos derechos que los miembros plenos o de mayor categoría.

En inglés sencillo: A member or professional who has a lower rank or fewer rights than a full or senior one.

• She joined the firm as an associate.
• The associates work under the senior partners.
• He was promoted from associate to partner.

Cómo se usa: an associate at something (He works as an associate at a law firm.)

Expresiones frecuentes: junior associate, senior associate, firm associate