firm

empresa

Negocio que vende productos o presta servicios.

En inglés sencillo: A business that sells goods or provides services.

• She works for a small firm.
• The firm hired ten engineers last year.
• Several firms sell similar products.

Sinónimos: company, business

Expresiones frecuentes: work for a firm, consulting firm, local firm

empresa, firma

Negocio que vende productos o presta servicios, especialmente servicios profesionales.

En inglés sencillo: A business that sells goods or provides services, especially professional services.

• She works for a law firm.
• The firm hired ten new employees.
• Several local firms offered to help.

Sinónimos: company, business

Expresiones frecuentes: law firm, accounting firm, work for a firm, small firm

sociedad

Negocio propiedad de varios socios, o el nombre que usan para ese negocio.

En inglés sencillo: A business owned by partners, or the name they use for their business.

• The two lawyers formed a firm.
• They trade under the firm name Wilson and Lee.
• Each partner owns a share of the firm.

Sinónimos: partnership

Expresiones frecuentes: law firm, accounting firm, firm name

firme, duro

Lo bastante duro o sólido para mantener su forma o permanecer bien sujeto en su sitio.

En inglés sencillo: Hard or solid enough to keep its shape or stay securely in place.

• This mattress is quite firm.
• Keep a firm grip on the rope.
• The peaches were still firm yesterday.

Sinónimos: solid, hard, secure

Antónimos: soft, loose

Expresiones frecuentes: firm grip, firm ground, firm mattress

firme, estricto

Que deja claro lo que debe hacerse y no cede aunque otros no estén de acuerdo.

En inglés sencillo: Clear and determined about what must happen, even when other people disagree.

• Her answer was a firm no.
• The teacher was firm with us.
• He spoke in a firm but friendly voice.

Cómo se usa: be firm with someone (You need to be firm with the children.)

Sinónimos: strict, resolute

Antónimos: lenient

Expresiones frecuentes: firm with someone, firm refusal, firm tone

firme, inquebrantable

Con creencias o sentimientos que no cambian fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: Having beliefs or feelings that do not easily change.

• He is a firm believer in fairness.
• Her commitment to the project remains firm.
• They stayed firm in their opposition.

Cómo se usa: firm in something (She remained firm in her belief that the plan would work.)

Sinónimos: steadfast, unshakable, resolute

Antónimos: wavering

Expresiones frecuentes: firm believer, firm conviction, firm commitment

bajar, acortarse

Dicho de las cuotas de apuestas, bajar porque parece más probable que se gane.

En inglés sencillo: If betting odds do this, they become shorter because a win seems more likely.

• The odds began to firm before the race.
• Her odds firmed after the strong performance.
• The favourite continued to firm in the betting.

Sinónimos: shorten

Antónimos: drift

Expresiones frecuentes: odds firm, firm in betting

aguantar, soportar

Aceptar algo desagradable y seguir adelante sin quejarse.

En inglés sencillo: To accept something unpleasant and keep going without complaining.

• It hurts, but you have to firm it.
• She firmed the pain and kept walking.
• Can you firm it for another minute?

Sinónimos: endure, bear, put up with

Expresiones frecuentes: firm it, firm the pain