confer

consultar, deliberar

Hablar con otras personas e intercambiar opiniones antes de decidir qué hacer.

En inglés sencillo: To discuss something with other people and exchange opinions before deciding what to do.

• The doctors conferred briefly.
• She conferred with her lawyer before answering.
• We will confer about the proposed changes tomorrow.

Cómo se usa: confer with someone (I need to confer with my colleagues.); confer about something (The judges conferred about the final score.)

Sinónimos: consult, discuss

Expresiones frecuentes: confer with someone, confer about something, confer in private

conferir, otorgar

Dar oficialmente a alguien un título, un derecho, un honor o un poder.

En inglés sencillo: To officially give someone a title, right, honour, or power.

• The award confers great prestige.
• The law conferred new rights on workers.
• This position does not confer unlimited power.

Cómo se usa: confer something on/upon someone (The university conferred an honorary degree on her.)

Sinónimos: grant, award, bestow

Expresiones frecuentes: confer a degree, confer rights on, confer an honour, confer a title