extract

fragmento, extracto

Una parte breve de un libro, documento o grabación que se presenta por separado.

En inglés sencillo: A short part of a book, document, or recording presented separately from the whole.

• Read this extract from the novel.
• The programme played extracts from several interviews.
• Which chapter does this extract come from?

Cómo se usa: extract from something (We read an extract from her diary.)

Sinónimos: excerpt, passage, quotation

Expresiones frecuentes: extract from something, short extract, read an extract

extracto

Una sustancia obtenida de una planta u otro material, a menudo para usarla en alimentos o medicamentos.

En inglés sencillo: A substance taken out of a plant or another material, often for use in food or medicine.

• The cream contains a plant extract.
• These extracts give the soap its fresh smell.
• They tested an extract from the leaves.

Cómo se usa: extract from something (This cream contains an extract from rose petals.)

Expresiones frecuentes: plant extract, herbal extract, natural extract

extracto, esencia

Un líquido que contiene sabores u otras sustancias útiles obtenidas de una planta u otro material.

En inglés sencillo: A liquid containing flavor or other useful substances taken from a plant or another material.

• Add a little vanilla extract.
• This extract gives the cake an almond flavor.
• Keep the bottle of extract away from sunlight.

Sinónimos: essence

Expresiones frecuentes: vanilla extract, almond extract, add some extract

extraer, sacar

Sacar algo de un conjunto mayor; también obtener información útil de un texto o una colección.

En inglés sencillo: To take something out of a larger thing, including useful information from a text or collection.

• We can extract useful information from this report.
• She extracted the dates from each letter.
• Can you extract the files from this folder?

Cómo se usa: extract something from something (The program extracts names from the records.)

Sinónimos: take out, remove, draw out

Expresiones frecuentes: extract information, extract data, extract something from something

extraer, sacar

Sacar algo que está sujeto o encajado en un lugar tirando de ello.

En inglés sencillo: To remove something fixed in place by pulling it out.

• The dentist will extract the tooth.
• They extracted the bullet from his shoulder.
• She carefully extracted a thorn from her foot.

Cómo se usa: extract something from something (The doctor extracted a splinter from my hand.)

Sinónimos: pull out, remove

Expresiones frecuentes: extract a tooth, extract a splinter, extract a bullet

extraer

Obtener una sustancia de un material mediante un proceso físico o químico.

En inglés sencillo: To obtain a substance from a material by using a physical or chemical process.

• They extract juice from fresh fruit.
• The laboratory extracted a chemical from the leaves.
• Heat helps us extract the oil more quickly.

Cómo se usa: extract something from something (They extract oil from the seeds.)

Sinónimos: draw out, separate

Expresiones frecuentes: extract oil, extract juice, extract something from something