license

licencia, permiso

Documento oficial que permite realizar una actividad determinada.

En inglés sencillo: An official document that allows you to do a particular activity.

• My license expires next month.
• She applied for a fishing license.
• Do you have a license to run this business?

Cómo se usa: license to do something (You need a license to sell alcohol.)

Sinónimos: permit

Expresiones frecuentes: driver’s license, fishing license, business license, valid license

licencia

Normas legales que establecen cómo se puede usar un producto, especialmente un programa informático.

En inglés sencillo: The legal rules that say how someone may use a product, especially a computer program.

• Read the software license carefully.
• This license allows you to share the code.
• Their new license limits the number of users.

Expresiones frecuentes: software license, license agreement, open source license

autorizar, habilitar

Permitir oficialmente que una persona u organización haga algo.

En inglés sencillo: To officially allow a person or organization to do something.

• The council licenses local taxis.
• He is licensed to practise law.
• Only licensed companies may provide this service.

Cómo se usa: license someone to do something (The state licensed her to practise medicine.)

Sinónimos: authorize, permit

Expresiones frecuentes: license someone, license a business

licenciar, autorizar

Permitir oficialmente que alguien use algo, normalmente mediante un acuerdo escrito.

En inglés sencillo: To officially allow someone to use something, usually through a written agreement.

• They licensed the software to schools.
• The photographer licenses her pictures to publishers.
• We need to license the music before using it.

Cómo se usa: license something to someone (The artist licensed the image to a magazine.); license something under something (They licensed the code under an open source agreement.)

Sinónimos: authorize, permit

Expresiones frecuentes: license something, license something to someone, license software

permitir, admitir

Permitir que aparezca una palabra o estructura según las reglas gramaticales.

En inglés sencillo: To allow a word or structure to appear according to the rules of grammar.

• This verb licenses a clause.
• Some constructions license a missing subject.
• Which nouns license this type of complement?

Sinónimos: permit, allow

Expresiones frecuentes: license a complement, license a clause, license something