form

formulario, impreso

Documento con espacios para escribir los datos que se piden.

En inglés sencillo: A document with spaces where you write the information someone needs.

• Please fill in this form.
• Have you signed the application form?
• You can download the forms from our website.

Sinónimos: formular

Expresiones frecuentes: application form, registration form, complete a form

forma, figura

Aspecto o figura que tiene una persona o una cosa.

En inglés sencillo: The shape or visible structure of someone or something.

• The cloud had a strange form.
• The artist studied the human form.
• Dark forms appeared through the fog.

Sinónimos: shape, outline

Expresiones frecuentes: human form, curved form, physical form

forma, sistema

Manera en que algo está organizado o compuesto.

En inglés sencillo: The way something is organized or put together.

• Democracy is a form of government.
• The club adopted a different form of organization.
• These societies had complex forms of political rule.

Cómo se usa: form of something (They chose a new form of government.)

Sinónimos: system, structure

Expresiones frecuentes: form of government, form of organization, democratic form

molde, encofrado

Objeto o estructura que sirve para dar una forma concreta a un material.

En inglés sencillo: An object or frame used to give another material a particular shape.

• Pour the concrete into the form.
• They removed the forms after the walls hardened.
• This wooden form gives the wet material its shape.

Sinónimos: mold, mould

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden form, concrete form, casting form

formalidad

Acto o ceremonia que se realiza por costumbre, pero tiene poco significado real.

En inglés sencillo: An outward action or ceremony that follows custom but has little real meaning.

• The signature was a mere form.
• Their approval was only a matter of form.
• He valued form more than substance.

Sinónimos: formality

Expresiones frecuentes: mere form, matter of form, empty form

formar, crear

Reunir personas o cosas para crear un grupo o un conjunto.

En inglés sencillo: To bring people or things together to create something.

• Let us form a team.
• The parties formed a new government.
• Several local clubs have formed an alliance.

Sinónimos: create, establish, set up

Antónimos: dissolve, disband

Expresiones frecuentes: form a team, form a government, form an alliance

dar forma, moldear

Hacer que algo tenga una forma o estructura determinada.

En inglés sencillo: To give something a particular shape or structure.

• Form the clay into a bowl.
• She formed the dough into small rolls.
• Can you form a circle with this wire?

Cómo se usa: form something into something (Form the dough into small balls.)

Sinónimos: shape, mold, mould

Expresiones frecuentes: form a ball, form a circle, form something into

formarse, aparecer

Empezar a existir o aparecer, muchas veces poco a poco.

En inglés sencillo: To appear or begin to exist, often gradually.

• Clouds form over the mountains.
• A thin layer of ice formed overnight.
• Why do bubbles form on the surface?

Sinónimos: appear, develop

Antónimos: disappear

Expresiones frecuentes: clouds form, watch ice form, begin to form