background

de fondo, secundario

Presente, pero menos visible o importante que lo principal que está ocurriendo.

En inglés sencillo: Present but less noticeable or important than the main thing happening.

• Soft background music filled the room.
• The recording contains too much background noise.
• He removed a few background details from the story.

Sinónimos: secondary

Antónimos: main

Expresiones frecuentes: background noise, background music, background activity

fondo

Lo que se ve o se oye detrás de la persona, el objeto o el sonido principal.

En inglés sencillo: Things you see or hear behind the main person, object, or sound.

• There are hills in the background.
• I heard a dog barking in the background.
• She photographed the red flowers against a green background.

Cómo se usa: in the background (You can hear birds in the background.); against a background of something (The white flowers stood against a background of dark leaves.)

Sinónimos: backdrop

Antónimos: foreground

Expresiones frecuentes: in the background, background of something, dark background, picture background

origen, antecedentes

Experiencias pasadas, educación, familia y circunstancias en las que creció una persona.

En inglés sencillo: A person’s past experiences, education, family, and the circumstances they grew up in.

• We come from different backgrounds.
• Her background in nursing helped her get the job.
• The company checked his background before hiring him.

Cómo se usa: background in something (She has a background in engineering.); come from a background (He comes from a farming background.)

Sinónimos: history, upbringing

Expresiones frecuentes: family background, educational background, background in something

segundo plano

Actividad del ordenador que sigue mientras usas otro programa y normalmente no se ve.

En inglés sencillo: Computer activity that continues while you use another program and is usually hidden from view.

• The app runs in the background.
• Updates were downloading in the background while I worked.
• Close programs that are using memory in the background.

Cómo se usa: in the background (The download continues in the background.)

Antónimos: foreground

Expresiones frecuentes: in the background, run in background

poner en segundo plano

Colocar algo detrás del tema principal o hacer que destaque menos o tenga menos importancia.

En inglés sencillo: To put something behind the main subject or make it less noticeable or important.

• The designer backgrounded the trees.
• Try to background these details in your account.
• She backgrounded the buildings to make the people stand out.

Sinónimos: de-emphasize

Antónimos: foreground

Expresiones frecuentes: background something, background minor details