express

exprés, rápido

Diseñado para transportar personas o entregar cosas con rapidez.

En inglés sencillo: Designed to carry people or deliver things quickly.

• We chose express delivery.
• The express bus reaches the airport in thirty minutes.
• Is there an express service for urgent parcels?

Sinónimos: fast, rapid

Antónimos: slow

Expresiones frecuentes: express delivery, express train, express service

expreso, explícito

Dicho de manera clara y directa, sin dejar que otros tengan que adivinarlo.

En inglés sencillo: Stated clearly and directly, rather than left for someone to guess.

• You need her express permission.
• He ignored my express instructions to stay home.
• They bought the land for the express purpose of building a school.

Sinónimos: explicit, specific

Antónimos: implicit

Expresiones frecuentes: express permission, express consent, express instructions

exacto, fiel

Que representa a alguien o algo exactamente tal como es.

En inglés sencillo: Showing someone or something exactly as they really are.

• The boy was the express image of his father.
• The portrait presented an express likeness of the queen.
• They called the statue the express image of the hero.

Sinónimos: exact, faithful

Expresiones frecuentes: express image, express likeness

expreso

Tren u otro servicio de transporte que viaja rápido, normalmente con menos paradas.

En inglés sencillo: A train or other transport service that travels quickly, often with fewer stops.

• We took the express to the airport.
• The morning express leaves from platform four.
• Did you catch the express or the slower train?

Sinónimos: express train

Expresiones frecuentes: take the express, airport express, catch the express

sin paradas, directamente

Rápidamente o de forma directa, especialmente sin detenerse en todas las estaciones.

En inglés sencillo: Quickly or directly, especially without stopping at every station.

• This train runs express to the city centre.
• The bus goes express after the next stop.
• We travelled express and arrived an hour earlier.

Sinónimos: direct

Expresiones frecuentes: run express, travel express, go express

expresar

Dar a conocer pensamientos o sentimientos mediante palabras, acciones o arte.

En inglés sencillo: To make your thoughts or feelings known through words, actions, or art.

• She expressed her thanks with a smile.
• It is sometimes hard to express yourself clearly.
• He expressed his anger in a letter to the manager.

Cómo se usa: express yourself (Music helps her express herself.); express something through something (He expresses his feelings through painting.)

Sinónimos: convey, communicate

Antónimos: conceal

Expresiones frecuentes: express feelings, express yourself, express an opinion, express an idea