dropout

desertor escolar

Persona que deja la escuela o la universidad antes de terminar sus estudios.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who leaves school or college before finishing their course.

• He is a college dropout.
• The programme helps school dropouts return to education.
• She succeeded in business despite being a university dropout.

Antónimos: graduate

Expresiones frecuentes: school dropout, college dropout, dropout rate

abandono, participante retirado

Persona que deja repentinamente de participar en algo, o el hecho de dejarlo.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who suddenly stops taking part in something, or the act of stopping.

• The study had three dropouts.
• A high dropout rate made the trial difficult to complete.
• The team replaced a last-minute dropout before the competition.

Sinónimos: withdrawal

Expresiones frecuentes: study dropout, participant dropout, dropout rate

marginado voluntario

Persona que decide dejar de vivir y trabajar según las costumbres habituales de la sociedad.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who chooses to stop following the usual ways of living and working in society.

• He became a dropout and joined a commune.
• These dropouts preferred a simpler life outside the city.
• She described herself as a dropout from conventional society.

Expresiones frecuentes: social dropout, dropout lifestyle

pérdida de señal

Parte dañada de una grabación o disco que causa una interrupción breve del sonido, las imágenes o los datos.

En inglés sencillo: A damaged part of a recording or disk that causes a short gap in sound, pictures, or data.

• A dropout interrupted the recorded sound.
• The old tape has several dropouts.
• Damaged sections of the disk caused data dropouts.

Expresiones frecuentes: tape dropout, audio dropout, brief dropout