calculation

cálculo

Proceso de hacer operaciones con números para obtener una cantidad o una respuesta.

En inglés sencillo: The process of using numbers to work out an amount or answer.

• This task requires careful calculation.
• Mental calculation becomes easier with practice.
• The calculation of interest takes several steps.

Sinónimos: reckoning

Expresiones frecuentes: mental calculation, calculation of something, careful calculation

cálculo

Cantidad o respuesta obtenida mediante operaciones con números.

En inglés sencillo: An amount or answer found by working with numbers.

• Your calculation is correct.
• I checked the calculations twice.
• Her calculation showed a total of fifty dollars.

Sinónimos: sum

Expresiones frecuentes: correct calculation, check a calculation, wrong calculation

estimación, cálculo

Valoración de una cantidad, un tiempo o un resultado a partir de la información disponible.

En inglés sencillo: A judgment about an amount, time, or result based on the information you have.

• By my calculation, we need ten chairs.
• A rough calculation puts the cost at two hundred dollars.
• According to her calculations, we should arrive before lunch.

Sinónimos: estimate, reckoning

Expresiones frecuentes: by my calculation, rough calculation, according to calculation

previsión, cálculo

Expectativa sobre lo que ocurrirá, basada en la situación actual.

En inglés sencillo: An expectation about what will happen, based on the situation.

• His calculation was that voters wanted change.
• Their calculation proved mistaken when support disappeared.
• The decision rested on a calculation that prices would rise.

Cómo se usa: calculation that… (Her calculation was that demand would grow.)

Sinónimos: expectation, judgment

Expresiones frecuentes: political calculation, calculation that something, strategic calculation