heir

heredero

Persona que recibe o recibirá el dinero o los bienes de alguien cuando esa persona muera.

En inglés sencillo: A person who receives, or will receive, someone’s money or property when that person dies.

• His daughter is his only heir.
• The heirs divided the property between them.
• Who is the heir to her fortune?

Cómo se usa: heir to something (She is heir to a large estate.)

Sinónimos: inheritor

Expresiones frecuentes: sole heir, heir to something, legal heir

heredero

Persona que recibirá de un familiar un título o cargo real o familiar.

En inglés sencillo: A person who will receive a royal or family title or position from a relative.

• The king has no heir.
• She became heir to the throne at twelve.
• The duke’s heirs held the title for centuries.

Cómo se usa: heir to a title/position (The prince is heir to the throne.)

Sinónimos: successor

Expresiones frecuentes: heir to something, royal heir