chair

silla

Asiento para una persona, normalmente con respaldo y cuatro patas.

En inglés sencillo: A seat for one person, usually with a back and four legs.

• Please take a chair.
• She sat on the chair by the window.
• We need two more chairs for dinner.

Sinónimos: seat

Expresiones frecuentes: sit on a chair, wooden chair, comfortable chair

presidente, presidencia

Persona que dirige una reunión o un comité, o el cargo que ocupa.

En inglés sencillo: The person who leads a meeting or committee, or the position they hold.

• The chair opened the meeting.
• She was elected chair of the committee.
• Who will take the chair today?

Cómo se usa: chair of something (He is chair of the board.)

Sinónimos: chairperson, chairman, chairwoman

Expresiones frecuentes: committee chair, chair of something, elect a chair

cátedra

Puesto importante de enseñanza e investigación en una universidad.

En inglés sencillo: An important teaching and research position at a university.

• She holds a chair in history.
• The university created a new chair in physics.
• He was appointed to the chair of mathematics.

Cómo se usa: chair in something (She was offered a chair in chemistry.); chair of something (He holds the chair of philosophy.)

Sinónimos: professorship

Expresiones frecuentes: university chair, endowed chair, chair in something

puesto

Lugar o rango asignado a un músico dentro de una orquesta.

En inglés sencillo: A musician’s assigned place or rank in an orchestra.

• She plays first chair in the violin section.
• He won a chair in the orchestra.
• The second chair became vacant last month.

Sinónimos: position, seat

Expresiones frecuentes: first chair, second chair, win a chair

puesto

Espacio de trabajo asignado a un peluquero o barbero en su establecimiento.

En inglés sencillo: An assigned working place for a hairdresser or barber in a shop.

• She rents a chair at the salon.
• Two chairs are available for new stylists.
• He gave up his chair to open his own shop.

Sinónimos: station, place

Expresiones frecuentes: rent a chair, salon chair, available chair

presidir

Dirigir una reunión y organizar el debate.

En inglés sencillo: To lead a meeting and manage the discussion.

• She will chair the meeting.
• He chaired the committee for three years.
• Who is chairing today’s discussion?

Sinónimos: lead, preside over

Expresiones frecuentes: chair a meeting, chair a committee, chair a discussion

premiar con un sillón

Entregar un sillón ceremonial como premio al poeta ganador de un festival artístico galés.

En inglés sencillo: To give a winning poet a ceremonial seat as a prize at a Welsh arts festival.

• They will chair the winning poet.
• She was chaired at the Welsh festival.
• The crowd cheered as the judges chaired the bard.

Expresiones frecuentes: chair the poet, chair a winner