judge

juez

Persona encargada de resolver un caso judicial o elegir al ganador de una competición.

En inglés sencillo: A person whose job is to decide a legal case or choose a winner in a competition.

• The judge listened to both sides.
• Three judges chose the winning cake.
• The judge sentenced him to two years in prison.

Sinónimos: adjudicator

Expresiones frecuentes: court judge, competition judge, judge’s decision

juez, jueza

Persona que dirige un proceso judicial y decide cómo se aplica la ley.

En inglés sencillo: A person who controls a court case and decides how the law applies.

• The judge listened to both lawyers.
• Two judges reviewed the case.
• The judge sentenced him to three years in prison.

Sinónimos: justice

Expresiones frecuentes: court judge, judge and jury

juez, jueza

Persona que evalúa actuaciones en una competición y decide puntuaciones, ganadores o si se han respetado las reglas.

En inglés sencillo: A person who checks performances or actions in a competition and decides scores, winners, or whether rules were followed.

• The judge gave her ten points.
• Three judges chose the winning cake.
• One judge thought the boxer had broken a rule.

Sinónimos: adjudicator, referee

Expresiones frecuentes: competition judge, judge at something

juez

Persona que dirigía al pueblo del antiguo Israel antes de que hubiera reyes.

En inglés sencillo: A person who led the people of ancient Israel before they had kings.

• Deborah was a judge in ancient Israel.
• The judge led the people into battle.
• Several judges ruled before Israel had kings.

Sinónimos: leader

Expresiones frecuentes: biblical judge, judge of Israel

evaluar, juzgar

Decidir qué tan buena o mala es una persona o una cosa.

En inglés sencillo: To decide how good or bad someone or something is.

• It is hard to judge the quality.
• She judged the singing competition last year.
• Please do not judge me before hearing my explanation.

Cómo se usa: judge someone/something by something (Do not judge a person by their clothes.); judge someone/something on something (We judge each entry on its originality.)

Sinónimos: assess, evaluate, appraise

Expresiones frecuentes: judge a competition, judge someone fairly

estimar, calcular

Calcular aproximadamente una cantidad, una distancia u otro dato sin medirlo con exactitud.

En inglés sencillo: To work out an amount, distance, or other fact without measuring it exactly.

• Can you judge the distance?
• He judged her age to be about forty.
• She judged the speed of the approaching car.

Cómo se usa: judge how… (It is difficult to judge how deep the water is.); judge that… (I judged that we were about two miles away.)

Sinónimos: estimate, gauge

Expresiones frecuentes: judge the distance, judge the speed

considerar, juzgar

Creer que alguien o algo tiene cierta característica o se encuentra en cierto estado.

En inglés sencillo: To believe that someone or something has a particular quality or is in a particular state.

• We judged it safe to leave.
• The committee judged her suitable for the role.
• He judges further discussion unnecessary.

Cómo se usa: judge someone/something + adjective (The doctor judged him fit to travel.); judge something to be something (They judged the plan to be a success.)

Sinónimos: consider, deem, think

Expresiones frecuentes: judge something necessary, judge someone fit

juzgar, fallar

Tomar una decisión oficial sobre un caso en un tribunal.

En inglés sencillo: To make an official decision in a court case.

• The court judged in favor of the family.
• She has judged many difficult cases.
• Who will judge this case?

Cómo se usa: judge in favor of someone (The court judged in favor of the tenant.)

Sinónimos: rule, adjudicate

Expresiones frecuentes: judge a case, judge in favor