milestone

hito

Acontecimiento o logro importante que señala un avance en una vida, un proyecto o la historia.

En inglés sencillo: An important event or achievement that marks progress in a life, project, or history.

• Graduation was a milestone in her life.
• The project reached another major milestone today.
• We celebrated the company’s latest milestone.

Cómo se usa: a milestone in something (The discovery was a milestone in medical research.)

Sinónimos: landmark, major step

Expresiones frecuentes: reach a milestone, major milestone, milestone in something

mojón, hito kilométrico

Señal junto a una carretera que indica en millas la distancia hasta un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: A marker beside a road that shows the distance in miles to a place.

• An old milestone stood beside the road.
• The milestone showed five miles to the town.
• We passed several milestones on our walk.

Sinónimos: milepost, distance marker

Expresiones frecuentes: stone milestone, old milestone, pass a milestone