exercise

ejercicio

Actividad física que ayuda a mantener el cuerpo fuerte y sano.

En inglés sencillo: Physical activity that helps keep your body strong and healthy.

• Walking is good exercise.
• She does some exercise every morning.
• These exercises will strengthen your back.

Sinónimos: physical activity

Expresiones frecuentes: regular exercise, do exercise, physical exercise

ejercicio

Actividad o tarea que ayuda a aprender o mejorar una habilidad.

En inglés sencillo: An activity or task that helps you learn or improve a skill.

• Do the next exercise in pairs.
• The teacher gave us three spelling exercises.
• This exercise will help you practise listening.

Sinónimos: practice task

Expresiones frecuentes: grammar exercise, writing exercise, do an exercise

ejercicio, actividad

Actividad que se realiza para conseguir un resultado concreto.

En inglés sencillo: An activity done to achieve a particular result.

• Moving the office was a costly exercise.
• The campaign became an exercise in damage control.
• The consultation felt like a pointless exercise to residents.

Cómo se usa: an exercise in something (The meeting became an exercise in avoiding difficult questions.)

Sinónimos: undertaking, activity

Expresiones frecuentes: exercise in something, planning exercise, costly exercise

ejercicio mental

Actividad que ayuda a mantener la mente activa y sana.

En inglés sencillo: An activity that helps keep your mind active and healthy.

• Crosswords provide useful mental exercise.
• My grandmother does memory exercises every day.
• These exercises help keep your mind active as you age.

Sinónimos: mental activity

Expresiones frecuentes: mental exercise, brain exercise, memory exercise

ejercicio

El hecho de usar un derecho, un poder o una capacidad.

En inglés sencillo: The act of using a right, power, or ability.

• The law protects the exercise of basic rights.
• Her exercise of authority was questioned.
• Voting is an important exercise of democratic freedom.

Cómo se usa: exercise of something (The constitution protects the exercise of religious freedom.)

Sinónimos: use, application

Expresiones frecuentes: exercise of power, exercise of rights, free exercise

hacer ejercicio, ejercitarse

Realizar actividad física para mantener el cuerpo fuerte y sano.

En inglés sencillo: To do physical activity to keep your body strong and healthy.

• I exercise every morning.
• We exercised together in the park yesterday.
• How often do you exercise?

Sinónimos: work out

Expresiones frecuentes: exercise regularly, exercise at home, exercise every day

ejercer

Usar un derecho, un poder o una capacidad que se tiene.

En inglés sencillo: To use a right, power, or ability that you have.

• You can exercise your right to vote.
• The judge exercised her authority to stop the trial.
• Please exercise caution when crossing the bridge.

Sinónimos: use, apply

Expresiones frecuentes: exercise a right, exercise control, exercise caution

ejercitar

Hacer trabajar a una persona, un animal o una parte del cuerpo para desarrollar fuerza o habilidad.

En inglés sencillo: To make a person, animal, or body part active so that it becomes stronger or more skilled.

• This puzzle will exercise your brain.
• She exercises the horses before breakfast.
• The trainer exercised each muscle group in turn.

Sinónimos: train

Expresiones frecuentes: exercise your muscles, exercise a horse, exercise your brain