dinosaur

dinosaurio

Animal parecido a un reptil que vivió hace millones de años y ya está extinguido.

En inglés sencillo: An animal like a reptile that lived millions of years ago and is now extinct.

• We saw dinosaur bones at the museum.
• Some dinosaurs ate plants.
• The child drew a huge dinosaur.

Expresiones frecuentes: dinosaur bones, dinosaur skeleton, giant dinosaur

dinosaurio

Animal extinguido del grupo de los dinosaurios que vivió durante el Triásico, el Jurásico o el Cretácico.

En inglés sencillo: An extinct animal belonging to the dinosaur group, which lived during the Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous period.

• This dinosaur lived in the Jurassic period.
• Scientists identified a new dinosaur from its bones.
• These dinosaurs disappeared long before humans existed.

Expresiones frecuentes: jurassic dinosaur, cretaceous dinosaur, dinosaur species

dinosaurio

Persona o cosa anticuada que tarda en cambiar o se resiste a hacerlo.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that is old-fashioned and slow or unwilling to change.

• He is a dinosaur who refuses to use email.
• That company is a dinosaur in a changing industry.
• You sound like a dinosaur when you dismiss every new idea.

Sinónimos: relic

Expresiones frecuentes: political dinosaur, corporate dinosaur, old dinosaur

dinosaurio, reliquia

Objeto o sistema antiguo que ya no satisface las necesidades actuales.

En inglés sencillo: An old object or system that no longer meets modern needs.

• This computer is a dinosaur.
• They finally replaced that dinosaur of a printer.
• The old payment system had become a dinosaur.

Sinónimos: relic

Expresiones frecuentes: computer dinosaur, technological dinosaur, old dinosaur