footnote

nota al pie

Nota breve al final de una página que explica algo o indica su fuente.

En inglés sencillo: A short note at the bottom of a page that explains something or gives its source.

• Read the footnote below.
• The author explained the date in a footnote.
• These footnotes list the sources used in the chapter.

Sinónimos: note

Expresiones frecuentes: numbered footnote, footnote reference, read a footnote

detalle menor, anécdota

Hecho o detalle de poca importancia dentro de una historia o un contexto más amplio.

En inglés sencillo: A small event or detail that is less important than the larger story it belongs to.

• The scandal became a historical footnote.
• Her early failure was just a footnote to her later success.
• Will this election become a footnote in history?

Cómo se usa: a footnote to something (The dispute became a footnote to the larger political crisis.); a footnote in something (His brief career is now a footnote in sporting history.)

Sinónimos: minor detail

Expresiones frecuentes: historical footnote, mere footnote, footnote to history