extraction

extracción

Proceso de sacar algo de un lugar o de una sustancia.

En inglés sencillo: The process of taking something out of a place or substance.

• The dentist recommended a tooth extraction.
• Oil extraction provides jobs in this region.
• The extraction of useful data took several hours.

Cómo se usa: extraction of something from something (The extraction of oil from these rocks is expensive.)

Sinónimos: removal

Antónimos: insertion

Expresiones frecuentes: tooth extraction, oil extraction, extraction of something

extracción dental

Acción de sacar un diente de la boca de una persona.

En inglés sencillo: The act of taking a tooth out of someone’s mouth.

• The dentist recommended an extraction.
• My gum hurt after the tooth extraction.
• Will I need an extraction for this broken tooth?

Sinónimos: tooth removal

Expresiones frecuentes: tooth extraction, dental extraction, extraction site

evacuación, extracción

Acción de sacar a alguien de un lugar peligroso y llevarlo a uno seguro.

En inglés sencillo: The act of taking someone away from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.

• The team arranged an extraction.
• A helicopter carried out the soldiers’ extraction.
• Bad weather delayed our extraction from the island.

Cómo se usa: extraction from somewhere (Their extraction from the war zone took two hours.)

Sinónimos: evacuation

Expresiones frecuentes: emergency extraction, extraction team, extraction point

ascendencia, origen

País o pueblo del que procede originalmente la familia de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: The country or people that someone’s family originally comes from.

• He is of French extraction.
• Several families of Chinese extraction live here.
• The writer was of mixed European extraction.

Cómo se usa: of + nationality + extraction (Her grandparents were of Italian extraction.)

Sinónimos: descent, ancestry, origin

Expresiones frecuentes: of French extraction, of Chinese extraction, of Irish extraction

extracto

Sustancia obtenida de una planta, un animal u otra fuente.

En inglés sencillo: Something taken out of a plant, an animal, or another source.

• The extraction contained oil from the leaves.
• They examined the extraction under a microscope.
• Each extraction was stored in a small glass bottle.

Sinónimos: extract

Expresiones frecuentes: plant extraction, chemical extraction