eligible

elegible, apto

Que puede participar o recibir algo porque cumple las condiciones exigidas.

En inglés sencillo: Allowed to take part or receive something because you meet the rules or conditions.

• Are you eligible for a refund?
• Only local students are eligible to enter.
• She became eligible for the grant last year.

Cómo se usa: eligible for something (You may be eligible for a discount.); eligible to do something (Residents over eighteen are eligible to vote.)

Sinónimos: qualified

Antónimos: ineligible

Expresiones frecuentes: eligible for something, eligible to vote, eligible applicants

buen partido

Considerado una buena persona con quien casarse, a menudo por su dinero o posición social.

En inglés sencillo: Considered a good person to marry, often because of money or social position.

• He was an eligible bachelor.
• Every eligible young man received an invitation to the ball.
• Her family considered the wealthy doctor highly eligible.

Sinónimos: desirable

Expresiones frecuentes: eligible bachelor, eligible young man