hazard

peligro, riesgo

Algo que puede causar daño, lesiones o pérdidas materiales.

En inglés sencillo: Something that can cause harm, injury, or damage.

• That broken step is a hazard.
• Smoking creates a serious fire hazard.
• Workers must report any safety hazards they notice.

Cómo se usa: hazard to someone/something (Loose wires are a hazard to children.)

Sinónimos: danger, threat

Expresiones frecuentes: fire hazard, health hazard, safety hazard, hazard to someone

obstáculo

Zona de arena o agua en un campo de golf que dificulta golpear la pelota.

En inglés sencillo: An area of sand or water on a golf course that makes hitting the ball more difficult.

• The ball landed in a hazard.
• A water hazard lies beside the green.
• She avoided both hazards with a long shot.

Sinónimos: obstacle

Expresiones frecuentes: water hazard, sand hazard, hit a hazard, avoid the hazard

riesgo, peligro

Posibilidad de sufrir daños o perder algo.

En inglés sencillo: The possibility of suffering harm or losing something.

• The journey involved considerable hazard.
• They continued despite the hazard of injury.
• She spoke out at the hazard of her reputation.

Cómo se usa: at the hazard of something (He helped them at the hazard of his own life.)

Sinónimos: risk, danger, peril

Antónimos: safety

Expresiones frecuentes: at great hazard, hazard of death, personal hazard

arriesgar, aventurar

Arriesgar algo o expresar una suposición u opinión sin estar seguro de que sea correcta.

En inglés sencillo: To take a risk with something or offer an uncertain guess or opinion.

• I can hazard a guess.
• He hazarded his life to save her.
• Would you hazard an opinion on the result?

Sinónimos: risk, venture

Expresiones frecuentes: hazard your life, hazard a guess, hazard an opinion, hazard a prediction