family

familia

Personas unidas por parentesco de nacimiento o matrimonio.

En inglés sencillo: People who are related to each other through birth or marriage.

• My family lives nearby.
• All our cousins came to the family reunion.
• Do you have family in this town?

Sinónimos: relatives, kin

Expresiones frecuentes: extended family, family member, family reunion

familia nuclear

Una madre y un padre casados que viven juntos con sus hijos.

En inglés sencillo: A married mother and father living together with their children.

• Our family has four members.
• The family moved when their youngest child started school.
• Both parents work to support their family.

Sinónimos: nuclear family

Expresiones frecuentes: nuclear family, family home, family of four

familia lingüística

Grupo de lenguas que proceden de una misma lengua antigua.

En inglés sencillo: A group of languages that developed from the same earlier language.

• English belongs to the Germanic language family.
• These languages come from the same family.
• Linguists studied several branches of the language family.

Cómo se usa: a family of languages (These belong to a family of languages spoken across Asia.)

Expresiones frecuentes: language family, family of languages

familia

Grupo de plantas o animales emparentados, situado por debajo del orden y por encima del género.

En inglés sencillo: A group of related plants or animals, smaller than an order and larger than a genus.

• Lions belong to the cat family.
• This plant is in the rose family.
• The biologist compared species from two different families.

Cómo se usa: belong to the … family (Lions belong to the cat family.)

Sinónimos: familia

Expresiones frecuentes: rose family, cat family, family of plants

familiar

Adecuado tanto para niños como para adultos.

En inglés sencillo: Suitable for both children and adults.

• We watched a family film.
• This hotel offers family entertainment every evening.
• They opened a family restaurant near the park.

Sinónimos: family-friendly

Expresiones frecuentes: family film, family restaurant, family entertainment

gay, homosexual

En algunas comunidades gais, se usa para referirse a otra persona homosexual.

En inglés sencillo: Used within some gay communities to describe another gay person.

• I think he is family.
• She quietly asked whether I was family.
• They recognized each other as family at the club.

Sinónimos: gay

Expresiones frecuentes: be family, also family