of age

de edad

Se usa después de un número de años o meses para indicar la edad de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: Used after a number of years or months to say how old someone is.

• Her son is five years of age.
• Children under ten years of age enter free.
• He was ninety years of age when he wrote his final book.

Cómo se usa: number + years/months of age (The youngest patient was three months of age.)

Sinónimos: old

Expresiones frecuentes: years of age, months of age

mayor de edad

Con la edad suficiente para tener los derechos y las responsabilidades legales de una persona adulta.

En inglés sencillo: Old enough to have the legal rights and responsibilities of an adult.

• She is of age now.
• He came of age last summer.
• Are you of age and able to sign the contract yourself?

Sinónimos: an adult

Antónimos: underage

Expresiones frecuentes: be of age, come of age