duplex

bifamiliar

Que contiene dos viviendas o unidades independientes.

En inglés sencillo: Containing two separate units or homes.

• They bought a duplex house.
• The duplex building has two separate entrances.
• Two families live in that duplex property.

Sinónimos: two-unit

Expresiones frecuentes: duplex house, duplex building, duplex property

dúplex

Con dos plantas conectadas dentro de una misma vivienda.

En inglés sencillo: Having two floors connected inside one home.

• They rented a duplex apartment.
• The duplex flat has bedrooms upstairs.
• Would you prefer a duplex home with internal stairs?

Sinónimos: two-storey

Expresiones frecuentes: duplex apartment, duplex flat, duplex penthouse

bidireccional, dúplex

Que permite transmitir información en ambos sentidos.

En inglés sencillo: Allowing information to travel in both directions.

• The radio uses duplex communication.
• This duplex channel carries signals in both directions.
• They tested duplex transmission between the two stations.

Sinónimos: bidirectional, two-way

Antónimos: unidirectional

Expresiones frecuentes: duplex communication, duplex transmission, duplex channel

de textura contrastante

Con capas de suelo de texturas muy distintas, como arena sobre arcilla.

En inglés sencillo: Having soil layers with very different textures, such as sand above clay.

• The field has duplex soil.
• Water drains slowly through this duplex profile.
• Duplex soils often have sandy layers above clay.

Expresiones frecuentes: duplex soil, duplex profile, duplex soils

casa bifamiliar

Edificio dividido en dos viviendas independientes.

En inglés sencillo: A building divided into two separate homes.

• We live in a duplex.
• They rent the other half of our duplex.
• The street has several duplexes with separate entrances.

Sinónimos: two-family house

Expresiones frecuentes: rent a duplex, buy a duplex, live in a duplex

dúplex

Vivienda con habitaciones en dos plantas unidas por una escalera interior.

En inglés sencillo: A single home with rooms on two floors connected by stairs.

• Their duplex has two floors.
• The bedrooms in our duplex are upstairs.
• She viewed three duplexes before choosing one with a balcony.

Sinónimos: two-storey apartment, maisonette

Expresiones frecuentes: a spacious duplex, duplex with stairs, rent a duplex

matasellos dúplex

Marca postal combinada con números y datos del lugar y la fecha de envío de una carta.

En inglés sencillo: A combined postal mark with numbers and details of when and where a letter was posted.

• The stamp bears a duplex.
• This duplex shows the date beside a numbered mark.
• Collectors compared the duplexes on the old envelopes.

Sinónimos: duplex postmark

Expresiones frecuentes: duplex cancellation, a clear duplex, early duplex

lanzamiento doble

Lanzamiento de malabares en el que una mano lanza dos pelotas al aire a la vez.

En inglés sencillo: A juggling throw in which one hand sends two balls into the air together.

• She threw a duplex with her left hand.
• This juggling pattern starts with a duplex.
• He practised duplexes until he could catch both balls.

Expresiones frecuentes: throw a duplex, duplex throw, practise a duplex